The Best of Intentions
Hands on the steering wheel, my mind half mulling over the day’s work and half paying attention the podcast playing in the background, I kept my eyes on the road. Suddenly, I became fully present as the host asked, “Generally, do you think people are doing their best?” With...
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A Writing Journey
As an English teacher one of my very favorite concepts to teach was that of connotation and denotation. It is, after all, the magic behind words. As a student myself, learning about connotation and denotation was the key that unlocked the power of words for me. I longed to...
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Fingers and Toes
Small bare feet with fat Fred Flintstone toes stepped both carefully, yet clumsily on the wooden deck stairs. Chubby fingers gripped the railing. This is what caught my eye. The movements both clunky and care free at the same time. They were set on some bigger plan, one in...
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A Cabinet Full of Water Bottles
The click, clack of my keyboard was interrupted by a nine-hundred pound elephant stomping around upstairs. I’d been lost in the moment, my fingers moving swiftly over the keys as ideas took shape on the page. The elephant, also known as my son, stomped back and forth between his...
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The Power of Comparison
As a society, we’ve grown accustomed to making comparisons. Sometimes these comparisons can motivate us and make us stronger. Other times they can be harmful – making us wonder if we’ll ever be good enough, fast enough, strong enough or just plain old enough. When Rylie and Tanner were...
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