Some things are hard to look at directly. It’s like staring at the sun. Sometimes a mom is like that.

I work at a high school where the primary need, what is missing above all else, are parents. To too many kids their parents are simply not there. This is not a commentary on parenting […]

MAY has a distinct feeling: exhaustion, optimism, defeat, despair, hope, etc. Last year I wrote about what it felt like in a high school around this time of year. (Appreciation #58: Mid-May In A High School) The feelings are similar this time around. I’m encouraged and excited and disgusted and embarrassed.

MORELS appear in the spring. This is […]