Favorite Views

An inspirational article entitled "What Students Remember Most About Teachers" from Huffington Post that all teachers should read every month or so.

Do You Really Need Church? from huffingtonpost.com

Some advice based on the phrase "I cannot do it all" from Jones Design Company

Raiders of the Lost History Class - a post from a great website with teaching strategies through making popular and inspirational posters for the classroom.  I made the one below :-)

32 Books That Will Actually Change Your Life

23 Signs You're Secretly an Introvert

A New Perspective for Moms

A message from Ann Voskamp about the power of words

My current favorite song:

So true!

Recent Reads

Powerful, powerful words on seeking patience:
When You're Finding it Hard to be Patient by Ann Voskamp

With a crazy, whiny, door-loving, door-slamming, almost-three-year-old in our house, these words are needed for me and really touched my spirit.  Thanks to Pastor Beth for sharing.

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Article written by Pastor Kevin Anderson on the recent shooting in Aurora, Colorado:
The Dark Night Rises: Public Shootings, Victims, and Prayers

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My recent fictional reads are by Sarah Addison Allen, an author who was recommended to me by my friend Pat Smith.  The author, a North Carolina resident, sets her fiction in almost-magical southern locations and explores the influences of the past on characters' present situations.

Already read - Garden Spells
Currently reading - The Girl who Chased the Moon
Plan to read - The Peach Keeper

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Mark completed Book 7 in The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King.  These books were huge - he said he felt like he was on a looooong journey with Stephen King!

Now he's reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and enjoying it.  (I wanted him to read that soon so we can watch the film together!)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to the mothers in our lives - Kay and Brenda!  Thank you both for being so special and supportive in our lives!  We love you now and always!

Inside a Toddler's Brain

I've been meaning to post this for about a week.  Thanks to Nicholas Ford for sharing it.

It's true.  So true.

Motherhood

I've come across a few blog posts about motherhood that I've been meaning to include.  They inspire me and make me tear up at the same time.

"details" from domestic life: the musings, meditations and interests of a wife and mother of four little people

Mom 2.0: Defining a Movement  A video essay by Katherine Center

Thank you to my loving mother and my dear mother-in-law, who have sacrificed, loved, and given to my husband and me so we have the privilege of raising our sweet boy, William Andrew.