by Dawn | Oct 24, 2013 | parenting
“Hey, Mom, are you late?” He knows when to get up. He picks the precise moment that will disturb me the most. Not that I don’t love to cuddle, but it’s deliberate, and amazingly precise. How can a six-year old inflict such collateral damage on...
by Dawn | Dec 27, 2012 | education reform, family, gratitude, parenting, satire, Teaching
In fourth grade, I won a spelling bee. Or something similar. I got a prize. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I was an avid reader, the kind of kid who didn’t mind getting sent to my room because there were books there. I took my prize upstairs and...
