It was an off-handed conversation with a fellow teacher about my summer plans plan to help at the Children’s Home.  Without hesitation, Melissa offered up foot braces her daughter had outgrown; she wasn’t sure what to do with them.  I… Continue reading

Wendy, my friend and hostess extraordinaire, is also a blogger, and excellent at her craft,  so I have to share {and I’m on vacation, so it’s easier to have someone blog for me}:  Spilling the Sky – Try This With Your Teenagers… Continue reading

It’s a full house:4 adults4 teens (3 boys)2 childrenInternational overnight guestsAND:the water at home sporadically goes outit’s in the 90sthere’s not much air conditioninga banya is supposed to be healthy (I read a book)it was on my ‘To Do’ listSO:After… Continue reading

     Today we went to the Children’s Home with the intent to review last week’s lesson with Ernie and AJ and take pictures for the communication system.  As a teacher, I’ve learned that the best laid plans often need… Continue reading

I’ve been feeling better for a few weeks, but there was that part of me that wondered if I would feel icky sicky and have to sleep my summer away in foreign countries.  When my friend wrote the following blog,… Continue reading

It’s been more than a month since the final diagnosis and, if I stay the course, I feel really good–I recognize myself again.  It’s been a month.  A month full of unexpectedness and surprises that has made my mind whir.Just… Continue reading

I have a bag full of Swedish items from my cousin, a fellow teacher, who died years ago leaving a husband with a room dedicated to her Swedish collection. Last fall, the husband generously, lovingly, let me go through the… Continue reading

It’s the new year and I was looking for dietary modifications to help me: increase my blood sugar; decrease my insulin; and make my cells insulin sensitive.  I happened across an interesting premise: Our cells are filled with toxins, which make… Continue reading

This week, my Aunt Janice turned 67!     Last year, on December 19th, the weather was stormy, but I braved a trip to the Dollar Tree after work and got her some birthday trinkets–she was thrilled momentarily but was… Continue reading