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,” […]

I know I am not alone. This week between Christmas and New Year’s is a blur. Each day easily eases into the next. No routine. No expectations. No schedule. What’s the date? What’s the day? What time is it? Does it matter? There is a big part of me that is starting to miss the […]

My husband and I made the decision when our girls were school-age, that unless the Lord made it abundantly clear otherwise, that they would attend public school. This blog post is not about justifying our choices or condemning other parents for homeschooling or sending their kiddos to private schools. We know they need to do […]