"Now, everyone, take out your R and J," said Mr. Segal, as he paced, slowly but excitedly, at the front of the classroom. It was 2000. Mr. Segal was my high school English teacher, and he emanated passion an inspiration as only supremely gifted high school English teachers do. I was lucky enough to have him for both ...
This morning, I experienced a most touching moment with my daughter. I heard her little voice before I saw her; when I walked into the hall I found her at our gallery wall, reading from our many favorite quotes. She was reading T.S. Eliot-- The quote I used for my first post on MommyEverAfter.com, when I moved over from ...
I posted this image and caption on Instagram a few moments ago: I am so lucky that I already got such a lovely and perfect comment. If you can't read it, it says, "And I like-Perfect Just As You Are, even when you aren't your prettiest, or funniest or most joyful or best self." This was written ...
I am very excited to be a #Birchblogger, which means that I had the chance to unbox the April #birchbox for my ever so popular Youtube Channel (In actuality I have 0 subscribers and less than 200 views). I love my subscription to birchbox, a gift that was given to me by my husband as a surprise ...
There is this thing on the internet that all of my friends use; And by friends, I mean everyone. It's called Pinterest. J has been trying to get me to join for years and I finally just took the plunge. I have 1 board, 3 pins and 0 followers. It actually took me 10 minutes to figure out ...
After 12 wonderful days of holiday break, my daughter finally got to go back to school on Monday. She was so excited; she had missed her friends and teachers a lot. We are two days in to the new year and, wouldn't you know it, she is home sick again. She woke up late last night, crying for ...
This is not a happy post. But it is hopeful. And hopeful is the best we can do. *** I love home decorating, especially covering my walls with meaningful pieces, as 511 suggests. But in all honesty, I am not yet in a place in my life where I can collect a lot of real art; I have my ...
I was about to turn in for the night, when I heard the computer buzz, signaling that an email had come through. I was not going to check it. I am so glad I did. It was from my sister. In the subject line, she told me to read this to her niece. The body of the email was this: In ...
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