Neighborhood kids laughed along with David B as he taunted my little sister. The fighter in me grabbed the baseball bat by the swing set. Standing as tall as my eight year old self could, I commanded the bully to leave my sister alone. And then we ran home.
Getting caught in a fight is nothing ...
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You know the feelings. Nervous, hopeful, scared, and excited all in your heart and mind at once. No matter the age or schooling format, a new year of school has the power to gather all the feelings, smash them together like our last playdoh creation, and push them deep in our gut until we know how ...
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This year is too much for one person to process. Thankfully, everyone around the world can relate. Thinking of grown ups preparing to start this school year conjures up images of a car sliding across ice. We're bracing for something, wondering what we should do while we watch it happen.
So ...
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Back to School Season is approaching and we're all talking about. Out loud to ourselves, socially distanced at the park, over Zoom with a colleague, or at a meal with family. We're talking about what will be done with school where we are, because we don't know what to do with school where we are. ...
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Friday night JoHanna and I delivered meals from a feeding ministry to a sketchy hotel in town. Less than 5 hours later, less than 5 blocks away, a young woman was killed by her boyfriend who then took his own life in a parking lot. Violence first reported back in March, when COVID began, must've ...
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