by Dawn | Aug 26, 2014 | family, parenting, Teaching
It’s five a.m. The bread is in the oven, breakfast in my bowl. I made it in the crock pot last night in an amazing feat of “I’m going to get ready for school the night before. The momentum should last at least a week. I’m listening to crickets....
by Dawn | Aug 22, 2014 | parenting, spirituality, Yoga
I may be a girl, but I know my cars. And it’s time to detail this one. I’m going to a yoga retreat today. I have to go on retreat because it’s the only time I can avoid being jumped on while I practice yoga. It’s bad karma to go on a yoga...
by Dawn | Aug 21, 2014 | parenting, Teaching, technology
Declan got a letter in the mail. I didn’t think twice about it. I opened it right after I opened the monthly notice from the electric company telling me,”You used 4% more energy this year than last year.” Declan’s letter wasn’t a bulk...
by Dawn | Aug 14, 2014 | family, food, parenting, Teaching
“Mom, you pack bad lunches.” I try not to. I pack a nice lunch for camp every day. I ask, “What do you want for lunch?” I don’t sneak in liver and broccoli when he’s not looking. “You don’t pack what the other moms pack....
by Dawn | Jul 29, 2014 | parenting, Teaching, technology
I’m an adult. I’m a teacher. I’m a parent. I’m both stupid and irrelevant, a relic of time gone by when adults were necessary to tell kids what to do. Kids don’t need us now. They’ve got YouTube. “Why do I have to learn...
by Dawn | Jul 19, 2014 | parenting, Teaching
Declan wants zombies. He loves the video game Plants vs. Zombies. “Mom, go to Amazon.com.” Amazon.com rests somewhere between mind reading and magic, suggesting things I didn’t even know I needed. The mail carrier brings them with a smile. It’s...