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1.494 Million Thoughts: Our Brains and the (Unending) Pandemic

Last week, I was standing in the hall at the high school, Thursday Exhausted, the type of tired teachers understand, feeling like a…

4 min readNov 18, 2020

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RG

A First Farewell to My Senior Daughter — and Poetry at Night

Every day during my planning period, I walk to the cafeteria, make my husband a huge tumbler of tea, then deliver it to his classroom…

5 min readMay 7, 2018

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RG

A First Farewell: To my Senior Daughter — and Poetry at Night

Every day during my planning period, I walk to the cafeteria, make my husband a huge tumbler of tea, then deliver it to his classroom…

5 min readApr 27, 2018

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RG

Infant Loss and Saving Grace

On October 13, 2016, six months had passed since Stephanie Grace’s birth.

5 min readApr 13, 2018

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Infant Loss and Saving Grace

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RG

Thoughts On Cancer: The Third Time

I am just mad. Any blog about this cancer is going to have to start out with a lot of anger and wrath and ranting. As an English teacher, I…

4 min readApr 11, 2018

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Thoughts On Cancer: The Third Time

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RG

It’s as Awful as You Think: Cancer the Third Time

I am just mad. Any blog about this cancer is going to have to start out with a lot of anger and wrath and ranting. As an English teacher, I…

4 min readFeb 17, 2018

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It’s as Awful as You Think: Cancer the Third Time

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RG

We Love Your Lost Dog

2/23/2017 This morning, when you woke up, maybe you rolled over and tearily told your partner: “Today is the day. It’s been a year. She’s…

4 min readFeb 27, 2017

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We Love Your Lost Dog

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RG

Superior Christians: You’re No Better Than the Sinners Who Saw “50 Shades Darker”

Last Sunday afternoon, before the Super Bowl, I was tempted to put as my Facebook status, “Remember, everyone, God loves you whether you…

4 min readFeb 14, 2017

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RG

When Students Have a Valid Reason to Hate School /Thoughts on Teacher Validation

There is a quote on my classroom wall from one of my former students. Days before he graduated, fully pleased, he popped his head in my…

5 min readJan 10, 2017

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When Students Have a Valid Reason to Hate School /Thoughts on Teacher Validation

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RG

When Daddy Is Very Ill: Facing Serious Illness While Parenting Young Children

My husband Greg had a bone marrow transplant for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) fifteen years ago. When he was diagnosed, our daughters…

8 min readNov 8, 2016

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When Daddy Is Very Ill: Facing Serious Illness While Parenting Young Children

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RG

Teacher, foster and adoptive mother, wife of a three time cancer survivor; blogger at https://cynicalchristianlikeyou.wordpress.com/

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