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The dreaded Valentine’s day week is upon us.
I have a confession to make: I freaking love Valentine’s Day. Weird? Maybe. I love the pink and red (my two favorite colors, especially together!) that spill out all over stores. I love all of the cute cards and fun stuff. I love the idea of [...]
There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life. They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they? This is one of mine.
It was snowy and I was colder than I’d ever been as we drove home, across the Midwestern flatlands, from ringing in the new year. [...]
*I’m blogging through my school years: Preschool one & two, kindergarten, first grade and second grade can be found by clicking on each of them.*
Thinking about third grade makes me smile to this day. To a little kid, it had all the markings of a great school year. My mom and I used to go [...]
Late this afternoon, Andrew and I decided to head to Borders to hang out. He really loves reading magazines and drinking coffee in the cafe area and I felt like getting out of the house, so we got our Starbucks and settled in. I was checking out a few different books and Andrew was engrossed [...]
My first full-time job after college was working at an art center for developmentally disabled adults. These adults were people who had disabilities ranging from seizure disorder to mental retardation to autism. It was my first time teaching, and I got to teach everything from life skills like budgeting and hygiene to creative writing to [...]
