As I think back to the elementary school shooting that happened a little under two weeks ago, I think back to how the last time that I saw my beautiful first graders was on the same day. I think that my first graders are some of the most fantastic people I know in the entire …
Category: Personal
A big, big oops.
Last weekend I was working on emptying some space on my personal laptop. I love my little MacBook Air but one of the drawbacks to having such a beautifully light machine is that I did not go above and beyond the 120 GB of flash storage when I bought it. Therefore, over the past year …
You are always where you are supposed to be.
Today, I decided to take on a substitute teaching gig at Brooke Point High School. It was for a high school math class and although I didn’t think there would be a lesson plan, there was actually some work left behind for the students to work on! 1st and 2nd block had tests, and in …
Just when I thought I was having a bad day…
Today didn’t start out the best. It began when I woke up at 2:00 a.m. with a weird gut feeling in my stomach. I had fallen asleep all too early the night before, and missed my nightly Skype chat with KH, so I thought that was it and I felt pretty crummy but figure I’ll …
“Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.”
Honestly, this blog has been written in so many pieces over the past 3 weeks or so that I decided to finally sit down and hash it out so that it’s presentable. It’s long, so I won’t be shocked if you don’t read it all. It’s kind of rambly and you likely won’t understand all …
Dogs & Christmas, what more can you ask for?
Watching the Hokies vs. Georgia Southern and this commercial came on. Too adorable and too appropriate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygPflNimYl4
The Kairos Society
Well, something I’ve been meaning to blog about for a WHILE. I am very proud to announce that this semester I was granted membership into the Kairos Society as a Kairos Society Fellow. Through networking a good friend of mine told me about this opportunity. The tagline for and behind the Kairos Society is “what if …
Can’t ever finish one.
It’s been a crazy few days, I MEAN WEEKS, and every single time I sit down to write a blog post I never get to finish it. So this one will be quick! This blog is literally from a week and a half ago…I just never had time to upload them. It’s been a very …