A teacher is so much than just a teacher. A teacher is a mentor, a role model, an example. They help us learn so much that isn’t in a book- like how to wait our turn, how to respectfully disagree, or how to interact with our peers. In the world of children this is learning to survive and thrive. But in the adult world, we call these “soft skills,” and they are things that are much harder to teach and ingrain at the later stages of adulthood. Some of them were taught as young as 1st grade and reiterated year […]
The Real Story of My Alabama Potager Garden
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My Month Without a Microwave
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Thank You For Your Support: Get Involved for Veteran’s Day
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This Is Not Your Fault: Becoming a Mother of a Child with Birth Defects
This is not your fault. May 6, 2016 At our 20 week anatomy ultrasound, Dr. S. told us that Rowan […]
The Heaviness of Loss: How Miscarriage Changed Me
By Elise Webster Pawlik Two lines. Two lines on a stick, sitting there on the ironing board. Do you see […]