Publish your passion
This morning I taught a Professional Learning Community session on Publish Your Passion: A Guide to Self-Publishing for Educators. It was so rewarding to connect with educators and anticipate how they might grow as [...]
Chasing light
I’m always chasing light. I think it was the way the sun fluttered through shadows of other trees and cast undulating light on the yellowing aspen in my backyard this morning as I was [...]
My sister-friend
My bestie treated me to a marvelous three hour dinner and delightful gifts which she knows makes my heart soar and just continues to support my love for writing! In my 32 years of [...]
A meaningful education
There are many pressing issues I could address about the state of education today — ranging from systemic structures and pedagogical practices to the realities within my own school district, where I’ve been teaching [...]
What is the mark of a humble servant leader?
***What is the mark of a humble servant leader? The mark of a humble servant leader is the ability to prioritize the well-being and growth of others, often placing other needs above one's own. [...]
Our lives are lived in chapters
“Our lives are lived in chapters, and there’s nothing wrong when one chapter ends and another begins” (Mrs. Patmore, in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale). The thematic topics of chapters and change in the [...]
Live fully in each season of life
I really miss hugging my three daughters every day, but I’m comforted knowing they’re doing well and thriving at university. Physical closeness has always been my love language — reading their expressions, holding hands, [...]
When you feel broken
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is [...]
September, according to Anne
"It was a September evening and all the gaps and clearings in the woods were brimmed up with ruby sunset light. Here and there the lane was splashed with it, but for the most [...]
Three hour coffee
Sometimes what soothes my soul is a three hour coffee with my bestie while sitting outside on a patio, laughing and illuminating perspectives which shape attitude and mindset, recognizing catalyst shifts in our lives [...]