What a difference a year makes. A year ago this week, I sat in the audience at Sophie’s elementary school “graduation” ceremony and sobbed, convinced that the Salad Days were over, that no school experience would ever be the same, that from now on my girl’s life would be a painful, downhill slog. And in […]

The other day I was scrolling through Facebook and saw something that made the top of my head blow off. It was a blog post entitled, Teacher Appreciation Week … Make It Staaaaahhhhhp!! The author made it clear that she was not interested in dissenting opinions, so I kept quiet on her page. I like […]