A close friend recently asked me why I’m going through a faith crisis now, of all times. I mean, it would be expected for me to have had a faith crisis 15 years ago when my brother died, or 12 years ago when my parents split up, or maybe when I was younger and still …
Category: Miscellaneous
Poetry Chapbook Available for Pre-order and a Booklover’s Gift Pack Giveaway!
I am thrilled to announce that my poetry chapbook, Evening Body, is now available for pre-order at Finishing Line Press!! This little book is a collection of 22 poems that I’ve birthed and refined. It’s time to send them out into the world. Today I want to share the title poem of the book, “Evening …
Poem a Day for 5 Days – Day Four
I’ve been tagged by my friend, poet Brianna Pike, to post a poem of mine (published, early draft, loved or hated) each day for five days and each day, I’m to tag another poet to join the challenge. Since yesterday’s poem was about a moon garden, and I decided to stick with the theme. Today’s …
Common Core Standards, Part 2: What Do the Teachers Think?
This is Part 2 of what will be a 3-part series on Common Core State Standards. Part 1: Busting the Myths can be found here. Part 3 will be my own reasons for supporting Common Core, as well as a couple of drawbacks I see to the standards. My goal for this post was to …
The Family Vacation
We just got back from a vacation in Florida. The first few days were just beach/pool days, and despite some rain, we got several hours at the beach each day. Then we headed to Orlando to hit Islands of Adventure. Steven and I had been dying to go to the Harry Potter section! We were …