If I were playing Family Feud and the category in play was “Things that Pass” I think I could do pretty well. Because I teach seventh graders, I would have to say, “gas,” but I could quickly follow it up with “time,” “cars,” “storms,” and “kidney stones.” “People” pass and so do “traditions” and “family […]

Everyone has enemies. Right? I’ve shared my love for superhero movies. There are evil enemies in all of those flicks. Every literary character worth anything seems to have a foil. I teach my seventh graders about conflict in the narratives they read and while not every text in the curriculum has a clear “bad guy,” […]

The tall, scrub-wearing doctor walked purposefully into the recovery area where I was waiting for my husband to be brought back to me. By one of God’s many graces that day, the 45ish minutes since I had watched him be wheeled away from me had gone by quickly. Then, I choked back tears. Now, I […]