Is It Written in the Stars? Or Maybe on a Popsicle Stick?

This morning I scrolled through Facebook’s conga line of cupcakes, roses, chocolate-covered strawberries, love letters, and jewelry. My favorite post was from a friend from junior high. She and her husband gave each other the same singing lemur card. ?! Seriously, that is true love. I hope everyone had a nice day today, regardless ofContinue reading “Is It Written in the Stars? Or Maybe on a Popsicle Stick?”

The Greatest Gifts, Part 3

If you’ve been following my blog this week, you know that I’ve been writing about gifts I’ve received from students, everything from Starbucks cards and candle holders to homemade pencil sharpeners and bacon. (If you haven’t been following along, feel free to start here and catch up. It won’t take long.) Today’s post is theContinue reading “The Greatest Gifts, Part 3”

The Greatest Gifts, Part 2

(Need to catch up? Click here for part 1 and here for the part that came before part 1.) In 2010, a student who we’ll call Darry made me a pencil sharpener. Back when I was in school  (which was slightly after the days of uphill-both-ways-in-the-snow, but still well before the internet) there were heavyContinue reading “The Greatest Gifts, Part 2”