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Settling back in that armchair called Faith…
Sometimes the way before you is cloudy and the way behind you is in flames. Don’t panic. When you can’t see what’s ahead and the past is a distant dream, find that armchair called Faith and sit...
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Teachers Rule, OK?
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire – William Butler Yeats I have been feeling teary all day today. Yesterday the Principal at my son’s school (who was also his infants...
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Weekend Inspiration #8
Hey, happy weekend everyone :) I don’t know about you, but I’m happy that it’s the weekend because it means that this week is finally over, and hopefully I won’t have to revisit any of its frustration,...
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Taking Stock
I was over at Katie180’s cheeky little blog a little while ago, and she was doing a stocktake – not of her business, but her life. Ooh! I thought, that looks like fun :). Making: I’m making our old...
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Weekly Inspiration #43
“Come and sit by me,” I say, patting the pillow beside me on the padded window seat. If you look outside, the view is lush in an autumnal way – the grass and the evergreens are verdant, but the...
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Weekly Inspiration #44
If you can, follow my line of vision as it extends over the top of my computer screen and travels outwards. You can see what I see, but there is more: fat drops fall heavy off palm fronds, crashing...
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A Year at Home and Other Catastrophes
This is an essay that I have been playing around with for a few months. It’s kind of lengthy, but I hope you see that the length is necessary for the ideas that I wanted to convey – namely that a curse...
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A peek inside kindergarten
On my first day as a Teacher’s Aide in kindergarten, I sat perched on a silver bench outside the classroom, watching the stream of children and parents ebb and flow around the Stage One courtyard....
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