RG1.494 Million Thoughts: Our Brains and the (Unending) PandemicLast week, I was standing in the hall at the high school, Thursday Exhausted, the type of tired teachers understand, feeling like a…·4 min read·Nov 18, 2020----
RGA First Farewell to My Senior Daughter — and Poetry at NightEvery 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 read·May 7, 2018----
RGA First Farewell: To my Senior Daughter — and Poetry at NightEvery 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 read·Apr 27, 2018----
RGInfant Loss and Saving GraceOn October 13, 2016, six months had passed since Stephanie Grace’s birth.5 min read·Apr 13, 2018----
RGThoughts On Cancer: The Third TimeI 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 read·Apr 11, 2018----
RGIt’s as Awful as You Think: Cancer the Third TimeI 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 read·Feb 17, 2018----
RGWe Love Your Lost Dog2/23/2017 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 read·Feb 27, 2017----
RGSuperior 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 read·Feb 14, 2017----
RGWhen Students Have a Valid Reason to Hate School /Thoughts on Teacher ValidationThere 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 read·Jan 10, 2017----
RGWhen Daddy Is Very Ill: Facing Serious Illness While Parenting Young ChildrenMy husband Greg had a bone marrow transplant for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) fifteen years ago. When he was diagnosed, our daughters…8 min read·Nov 8, 2016----