Category: Identity
A Question
Brene Brown is my spirit animal. Her six hour talk, The Power of Vulnerability, came to me when I was drowning in the muck of shame and feeling unable, or unwil...
Concerning Our Unit
Here’s the thing. You put yourself out there. You ask people for their opinions, advice and guidance. And then they give it to you. Here is the other...
To Do Deja Vu
Every day I have a laundry list of things to get done and I’m not very good at remembering to do them. If I REALLY need to accomplish something I send mys...
Retreat
I have been blogging for (what feels like) a long time (I actually missed my six year blogoversary last month). I used to write almost every day, and I would wr...
Sitting with it
About a month ago, my husband and I had a horrible conversation that left me terrified. It was one of the first times in my life where I felt more sure that we ...
Professional Fulfillment (or a Lack Thereof)
This fall I will start my twelfth year teaching (how can that be how you spell twelfth?!) I’m only 35, which means I’ve been at the same school, tea...
Long Days
The second week of summer is almost done. It’s not been what I had hoped. It is exactly what I expected. I am reminded, yet again, that I would be a terri...
Nice Houses
My parents have a big, beautiful house. It is filled with gorgeous things arranged in pleasing color schemes. It’s really nice being there. I like that ho...
Denied
My petition to the life insurance company was denied. “The combination of depression and ADD/ADHD precludes [me] from being eligible.” I don’t...