Hello educators! Sending you much love and hoping that all is well with you and yours. I have been contemplating the skill of perspective taking, particularly in our current context, and have found myself wondering if we are less skilled in our ability to create space for differing viewpoints now than we were even 10 years ago. The level of divisiveness is concerning, to say the least, and the issues that are driving the greatest wedges in our society have found a comfortable place in our districts, schools, and now…our classrooms. From the conversation around Critical Race Theory; what it is ..read more

Hello Educators! As always, I send love and positivity to you and yours. Most of us are already over the halfway mark of this summer and are either deeply engaged in summer activities, planning for the upcoming school year, or a bit of both. Whichever end you are on, I hope you take time to unplug fully before the school year resumes because once it does, there is no recapturing of forfeited downtime. Question for you…how is your relationship with feedback? Do you seek it? Dread it? When it comes knocking on your door, unsolicited, how do you respond? Are you open or defensive? How much of a ..read more

Hello Educators! I send love and positivity to you and yours. When I started this blog I found myself getting anxious about one thing…what if I run out of content? Will I have something to write about every other week, and now…every week. What I have found is that if I choose to live life with intention and pay attention to myself, others, and the world around me, the content will always emerge. This week it appeared in the sadness I felt and still feel regarding the home country of my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and so on. Ayiti...Haiti. The assassination of President Jovenel ..read more

Hello Educators! I sincerely hope that you and yours are well. It has been quite a bit of time since I have posted. I let life run its course, thereby causing my schedule to have minimal time for some of what I find most enriching and sustaining, writing. So, as I reenter my space of sustenance, I am making the conscious decision to continue to do what brings me balance and joy through a process of reflection. Oftentimes when our reality becomes all-consuming, we may find ourselves removing the very elements that are life-giving and doing more of what drains us. What is required of us when we ..read more

Happy Martin Luther King Day Educators! I hope you have been able to find a level of peace and calm to support you this weekend. Today I watched an interview where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was speaking about the current standing of the civil rights movement at the time and the “new phases” of the struggle for genuine equality. The interview occurred 11 months before his assassination and though MLK has always been held up as the non-violent dreamer, the omission of his stance and communication of what truly inhibited civil rights and justice for all perpetuates the single stories by which ..read more

Hello Educators. How are you doing? I am going to suspend the notion that I can provide the correct words, to sum up or discuss the week we just completed. For those who thought that 2021 would be a fresh start, it became blatantly clear that the only fresh start that we can claim is the one that we choose to take on personally. I had a recent aha this weekend as I finished my weekend dog walk on Saturday. As I approached my home, I noticed an exposed bird’s nest within the bare branches of one of my rose bushes. Closer inspection revealed the makings of the nest…small twigs assembled strateg ..read more

Happy New Year Educators and welcome to 2021! I hope you had one of the most relaxing and memorable holiday seasons and that you were able to create moments and memories that deepened the connections around you and supported your wellbeing. Breaks never seem long enough but I hope this one gave you a little of what you needed most at the end of 2020. As I thought about resuming my routine and returning to this blog in 2021, I found myself wondering about what my stance in life should be as I begin a new year. There has been a myriad of good riddance statements made to 2020 as if midnight on J ..read more

Hello Educators. Does anyone else have a countdown to break in full swing? Hopefully, I am not alone on that one…lol. I hope you are hanging in there and continuing to push forward. Life has been tough and continues to be so but…you and I are tougher. So…it has been a while since I’ve written a post so I wanted to check in and let you know that the blog still lives and to update you on where I have been. Throughout this blog, I have continued to stress the importance of finding a sense of balance for self and prioritizing one’s wellbeing. Although driving to the point of burnout has become th ..read more

Hello Educators. I hope you are hanging in there and managing through the ups and downs of this season. Question for you…how many days until the next holiday break? Even during a typical school year, the countdown to the holidays would start right about now. This year is far from typical and as districts are working through reopening, you are likely feeling a myriad of emotions which may amount to a sense of overwhelm. If this is accurate for you, trust that you are not alone and that even those who appear to have it all together are still managing a level of uncertainty and challenge with ma ..read more

Happy Sunday Educators and Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! I hope you are doing well. This week we honor and recognize the people native to the lands that we currently occupy and we acknowledge their true history of brilliance but also the reality of genocide and displacement which marked the lives of so many. This is the reality of our nation's history that I did not learn as I walked through my K-12 experience. As we seek to turn a new page in education and seek to right the injustices of an educational system designed for some but not all, a significant step is the decolonizing of our curric ..read more