For as far back as I can remember I feared one thing—losing the top 5 people in my life.  Maybe because I am adopted or maybe because my favorite uncle died when I was seven, the loss of these 5 people felt real and impossible to survive. And yet, I did. Thank goodness I had my favorite hoodie with me. That hoodie saved me. I sat with the hood up covering most of my face for the entire 4-hour flight to Denver. I couldn’t stop crying.  Not the kind of crying where you would hear it or even know it, only I knew it.  Four hours of it.  The life as I knew it ..read more

Life.  You really don’t know what tomorrow will bring. These last two years have taught me that.  However, I still struggle with                      Surrendering! My word for now.  And probably for a long while. Which really means to let go. At least for me it does. When Monique and I started this post our first blog was on connectedness. Our beliefs about teaching and learning have always been about that.  I would say it may even be our superpower–that we know how to connect. It certainly is Monique’s.  I know it matters to me, so I am trying to recognize that I may be good at it ..read more