“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” ~Pooh’s Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne Read more…
Living in the Moment
Today I went to a museum with my kids and my in-laws. And about halfway through the drive there, I realized I forgot my camera. Thankfully, my in-laws remembered theirs, but without my own camera, I felt like I was walking into the museum naked. I take a lot of pictures. My memory is […] Read more…
Top 10 Ways My Pregnancy With Little C Foreshadowed Her Personality
My baby girl Little C is celebrating her big 3rd birthday this week! I am no different than any other parent when I wonder where the time went. I remember my pregnancy like it was yesterday. It’s hard to believe that 3 years have passed since I gave birth to Little C in Japan. I clearly remember […] Read more…
Uninspired
I woke up this morning and realized I didn’t have a blog post planned. I usually take the weekends off and then have plenty to write about for Monday’s blog post. But today, I’m uninspired. I used to blog every day. Then I tried for 5 days a week. Now I’m lucky if I post […] Read more…
Students Forced to Think Like Terrorists?
The other day I read in the news about a high school teacher in Australia who assigned the students in her conflict and terrorism class to plot an act of terrorism. The students were asked to plan a terrorist attack that would kill as many innocent people as possible. As an educator myself, I understand […] Read more…
Wife on the Roller Coaster Meets PBS
I usually don’t post twice in 1 day, but I just couldn’t wait until tomorrow to post this. I’m so excited to share with you that I was invited to be a guest blogger at PBS’s POV blog Regarding War! My Q & A and my 1st post are up, and I hope you can go over and […] Read more…

