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New Year Reflection and Resolution

New Year’s Day is a day to reflect on your last year and set intentions for the next. This last year has been an important one for me.  This time last year I was physically unable to travel to NY for Holiday celebrations. I fought Kyle about staying home. I wanted to push through my brokenness in order to meet the expectations that I had placed upon myself.  This time last year I was in bed for the entire winter break. I got up to eat, attempt to play with my daughter and would go back to sleep.  My body had betrayed me. I was unable to read. I was unable to follow conversation. I was unable to think. I was in pain. My body was twitching and tingling and more....I was dealing with grief. “Pushing through” and “meeting others expectations” wasn’t working for me anymore.  2017 became the year of self care. Plenty of women struggle with this. It feels selfish. It feels like there are others who need more. It isn’t. There aren’t. Following dr instruc...
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Dear Lyme Disease,

Dear Lyme Disease, I'm over you. I'm over making space for you in MY life (there is not enough space here for you) I'm over the "chronic" aspect of this illness that I keep trying to ignore. And you know what!? I. Don't. Want. To. I don't want to make you work. I don't want to continue to have to choose between my husband, my daughter, my career and my health. I don't want to not drink wine with my dinner. I don't want to continue to find small things that may make a small difference. I don't want to over plan and over organize every aspect of my life in an obsessive hope that maybe I will be able to keep my head above water. I don't want to go to bed every day by 9:00 for the rest of my life. I don't want to give so much time and energy to something that constantly fails me. I don't want to have to consider different career options. I don't want a damn bug to decide if I get to have more kids or not. I don't want to n...
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This is why. This is why I try every day to be better, listen harder, learn more, be healthier. It's not just me. I'm a mom of a daughter that I want to grow in to a strong woman. I want her to learn everything she can and question everything. I want a world that values her and protects her as much as I do.  Where I fail today I can improve on tomorrow. I will be all of the difference that I possibly can be to this world. One day at a time.
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Where is the love

I do not understand the world we live in. My humanistic views are truly being challenged. # whereisthelove # somuchhate If you live an existence where you believe you are better than anyone else in this world ... I don't want to live in your world. If you live an existence where you believe that you deserve more than anyone else in this world... I don't want to live in your world. If you live an existence where you believe that you should force other people to make decisions based on your world view... I don't want to live in your world. If you live an existence where you don't want to help people who need help .... I don't want to live in your world. If you live an existence where you judge others people's decisions... If you really think a "wall" is going to save us... If you believe gay marriage is a problem .... If you believe global warming is a hoax ... If you believe in trickle down theory... If you are ok with a worl...
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Digital Literacy

***Steps onto soapbox*** It is our job to prepare our students for a future that we are not sure what it looks like. When you look back on the last 10 years and how much the technological world has changed, we have to admit that we have no idea what will be available for our students when they enter adulthood. We have a tendency to believe that because a 2 year old can navigate an iPad, that all children who have grown up in this time are technologically savvy. It is imperative that we remember that just because our students are digital natives does not mean that they are digitally literate. Consider: (Stats from Pew Research Center) • 92% of teens report that they go online daily • 71% of teens use more than one social network • 86% of adults 18-29 own a Smart Phone (83% 30-49) • 81% of adults 18-29 who prefer to read the news find their information online Our students are going to reach adulthood in a time where they can find any information they need in thei...
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