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Reclaiming Me: This Is What It Is All About

July 24, 2011
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Today is a day of excitement. A day of announcements. A day of dreaming and a day of believing.  This is what Reclaiming Me is all about. Today’s reclaiming is all mine. Because in the last few weeks, I have made lists, taken steps, and believed in me for a change. It is a little [...]

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The Cost of Being Plugged In

January 4, 2011

2011-01-05 . I admit it, I know that I have a problem. I wake up in the morning, and turn on my phone.  I check email, twitter, and facebook–between rolling out of bed and brushing my teeth.  I check things again before heading out the door, and then again and again and again throughout the [...]

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Do you Believe?

September 1, 2010

2010-09-02 . I am a mom. I am a wife.  I am a teacher.  I am many more things….but the thing that ties them all together is that for each role, I believe. I believe in what I do, and in my future. Or at least I try to.  To believe, is to live.  I [...]

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The things that stand out…

August 26, 2010

I am a teacher. Once upon a time I was a student. Kids like stories. I think about what is taught now. What I have been responsible for teaching. Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China.They like the human element. They have imaginations. I know, because I was one of them once upon a time. Bringing learning to life is the responsibility of every teacher, regardless of content area.

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Being Perfect Means Making Mistakes

August 21, 2010

2010-08-21 This post was inspired by the From Left to Write virtual book club, and this month’s book, The Stuff That Never Happened by Maddie Dawson. I received a copy of the book as a participant in the book club. It’s the story of Annabelle and Grant, a young newlywed couple moving cross-country from LA to [...]

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BlogHer What?

July 31, 2010

A few months ago, when I really started interacting with other bloggers, I kept getting the same question: Are you going to BlogHer? I clearly was a newby to this blogging thing, because I was blissfully unaware of BlogHer and it’s addictive and overwhelming draw.  My answer was always “No, not this year.” Then I [...]

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The journey to a belated honeymoon…

July 12, 2010

2010-07-12 Tomorrow, Rocket and I will board a plane (at a ridiculous hour in the morning).  Several hours later, we will board another plane. That second aircraft will, in the mid afternoon, touch down in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico…where we will then take a van to Nuevo Vallarta….for our belated honeymoon. One day before our 4 [...]

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The Patient

July 3, 2010

There are good patients, and there are bad patients. Good patients are the ones that are very agreeable with their doctors, their nurses, their caregivers. They are skilled in allowing the unsolicited help of others and are not afraid to to ask for help when there is none. Bad patients are those that can be [...]

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Dreaming Big

June 22, 2010

Webster’s Dictionary defines a dream as: 1) a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep 2)an experience of waking life having the characteristics of a dream 3) something notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality 4) a strongly desired goal or purpose Most of us have had dreams in our life both [...]

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