Teaching is hard. And exhausting. And emotional. And so many other things that people who are not one of us will never understand. But as I sit here and watch my kids work their little hearts out during these last few days of school, I am grateful. As I watch my s…

The student's at my school write "I Believe" st atements in their English class every year. I have always thought the idea was awesome, but for some reason, I never chose to write one myself. I was inspired, though, to write one the other day when the …

Hey, hey, hey! I am back today with another installment of "Make Me Up Monday"! I am going to talk all about the beauty products that have been on my must have list for the last couple of weeks! I have some old favorites, some rediscovered favorite…

Hey, hey, hey. I've been in the middle my whole life. I am a middle child so it comes with the territory. Growing up, it was a cool place to be. I could hang with the kids or the adults, I learned how to get the best of both worlds and it gave me the exc…

Hey, hey, hey! Today, I am going to share with you a few of my favorite quotes as of late! I am a total word person. (Clearly, given I sit here and write words to you three times a week! Ha.) I love to write words to help me cope and deal, I love to read words to …

Hey, hey, hey!  How many of you listened to "Serial"?! Yeah girl, me too! It was incredible. How many of you, like me, was this your first real interaction with the wonderful world of podcasts? Anyone? Ok, ok. Maybe I was behind. I don't know! B…