It’s a Choice I read a post circulating that said that every day is Valentine’s Day when you are with someone you really love. This, I say, is just not true. Every day is Valentine’s Day is a lie. The longer I am married and the longer I am alive, I am convinced more and …
“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” –George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones Too much enrichment? As a teacher of gifted students and a parent of a gifted student, I can confidently say that regardless of having many talents and academic abilities, a gifted kid is still a kid. I am a …
Forever Forever is a poem about how we realize and come to accept that babies don’t keep. Time passes so quickly and we have to try to cherish every moment we are given. If asked how long is Forever, forever once I would have said it sounded so long But now that you have arrived …
Clear & Equitable Guidelines Do you know what’s incredibly frustrating after being an AIG Facilitator in North Carolina for 6 years? Updating DEP’s over these 6 years for students who have been identified as gifted, but they are not gifted. I don’t mean that they don’t act like they are gifted or that they don’t …
Please – just don’t. If you see or hear a mom struggling with her misbehaving child(ren) and you feel the urge to offer your own parenting advice, please – just don’t. If your children always behave or only have the occasional mishap of being slightly grumpy, you cannot put yourself in the place of a …
