by Dawn | Feb 24, 2014 | family, self-improvement
Declan is fighting me. I’m supposed to be the bad guy from a show he loves. He has it choreographed to the last detail. “Side kick me, Mommy.” That’s something you don’t hear a six-year old say often. I aim for the stomach....
by Dawn | Feb 12, 2014 | Teaching
I’m looking at everyone’s profile pictures. They’re all rock stars with awesome pictures–pictures of hair blowing in slow-mo, light hitting unblemished faces in just the right way. Pictures of scaling Mount Everest. Pictures of scuba diving,...
by Dawn | Mar 28, 2013 | education reform, family, leadership, parenting, satire, self-improvement, social justice, sports, Teaching, wellness
“Quick, come here,” my husband said. I thought there was an emergency. “They’re banning dodgeball.” “That’s not new,” I replied. “A school in Massachusetts did it last year or the year before. ‘Hurts...
by Dawn | Dec 5, 2012 | education reform, fashion, satire, Teaching, Uncategorized
If you have followed my writings, you know that I struggle with fashion. I hate it, as a matter of fact, though with proper guidance I clean up well. But I think I’m in a better place now than I was in September when I prayed for Carson Kressley to come and take me...