What happens when everyone gets tired, around this time of year?  What happens in families and what happens in schools?

I think this is a question we never really look at in full.   It is winter in t...

In September, inclusion is more of a natural state within schools.  Just by the nature that everything is new, new teacher, new friends, new classmates, new schedules and rhythms to the day.   When ev...

The school year started in September and everything was fresh and bright and new.  Teachers had that first of the year energy and light in their eyes, and students were a mix of both anxious wondering...

The Power of Words in an Inclusive Classroom

I’ve been working with an amazing school that is committed to building not just inclusion, but true community within their classrooms. It’s an honor...

Why do other people’s lives look so great on Facebook, and mine does not even seem post worthy?

I go on like a robot, and truthfully I do gain some insight into things, but daily I am surrounded by t...

Do I really have to savor every minute of this parenting thing?  Because I don’t think I can truthfully.  A lovely Sunday morning, where all I truly want is to watch Charles Osgood, drink coffee, fant...

Last night I had a rare night out with two very special women, my great friends.  We all have busy lives and lots of kids, and seem to run on the same path and energy that most of the women around us ...

This has been a bit of a harder Mother’s Day than most.  Not a total expert, since I have only had 11 so far, this one just strikes me in a much more difficult place than my previous.

It is our secon...

I have to get better at things.  I have to try harder.

I need to pay more attention to my sweet husband.  I have to put more effort into our relationship.

I need to bring my kids to see their grandp...

I have often wondered what my kids would be like if they were raised in a different place.  Not a different country, so much, as just a different climate, a different sensibility and pace.  

An old f...

Every year around this time I start to catalog the year up until now, and to see its high and low points.  I get mentally ready to tackle my resolution list, and to evaluate how I think I have done on...

I recently read an article in Huffington Post Parents about a mom gone bad.  More accurately, about a Mom who lost it one day and turned towards using sarcasm with her kids instead of being direct.  I...

I clearly remember every feeling I had when I started Graduate School at University of Chicago (School of Social Service Administration). Mostly a very strong feeling that everyone around me was smart...

So after my long post about my son’s report card and not being swayed by it, I have finally opened it.

Today when he got into the car after school he asked if I had looked, and I honestly replied tha...

My son’s report card is posted online, and has been for several days now.  I, however, have yet to look at it.  I keep meaning to, but get sidetracked and ultimately forget.  My friends are all over i...

Every year at our Thanksgiving Dinner with my family, after lots of football and laughing and eating, and just being happy to be together, we circle the table with things we are thankful for that year...