How do you judge a nation? How do you judge a nation? This question has been weighing on me for the last year. When COVID-19 broke out, China was in the spotlight and everything I was seeing was negative. COVID-19 was referred to as “the Chinese virus” and “Kung Flu” and there were reports throughout …
COVID-19 Considerations We were still howlin’ at Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg! If you’ve never been to Great Wolf Lodge, you have to go! Although we have been before, our most recent visit was the very best one we have ever had. Initially, I was hesitant and unsure about going because of COVID concerns, but the …
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It Cannot Be Fixed When will it be enough? For those with children on the autism spectrum, every day can be really challenging. People often don’t see what you and your child experience. The child may be reserved or even shut down in public, but explosive at home. The people who are the closest with …
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Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. Better to be a Stone Nanah-jan said, “In this land, it is better to be a stone than to be a girl” (Qaderi 156). “Every day on my …
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. In The Orchard The Swallows This short book, In The Orchard The Swallows, will leave you longing. In a strange mix of emotions, the end is finished but …
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. NPR’s This I Believe Years ago, I shared essays of belief with my students from NPR’s series This I Believe. One particularly powerful one is by Ronald Cotton …
Thank God for her Teachers To those who teach the littlest ones – thank you. My sweet little daughter called me “Miss Linda” all weekend. She even called her grandma “Miss Linda.” Miss Linda is her teacher at daycare, and she doesn’t look anything like me. My daughter isn’t accidentally mixing us up because we …
A Really Hard Day Today was a really hard day, with a smile for my tears. I sat at the table and cried. Not pretty raindrop tears but a total wash out that has left its mark. I keep trying to cover up the wiped away make up and distract from the red eyes with …
