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It’s a strange thing when your babies grow. Everyone knows that raising children means that one day they will actually rise, and that should mean they mature physically to the point of reaching the highest shelf in the kitchen where my hidden stash of cookies hangs out or becoming aware of the secret not-so-secret money… Read More

CHRISTMAS PAST

What’s your best Christmas memory? What year was the happiest Christmas for you? As I think about my own answer, I recognize the challenge this presents. I’ve had 48 Christmases so far. Which one was the best? That’s hard to say. It certainly had to be before anyone in my life ever died. It was also before divorce. It was before I equated… Read More

ALL OF SUMMER IS A STAIRCASE

For those of us who work in education, summer is a time of freedom, of dropping routines and lesson plans in favor of spontaneous trips to the water, or barefoot walks on hot pavement in the rain, or lunches at restaurants with outside seating — tanned skin, no make up. For all of us, July… Read More