After I finished writing this post last week, I came across Perfectly Imperfect by Beth Houf. Although our blog titles seem to contradict one another, I wholeheartedly believe that our imperfections actually make us perfect and that striving for perfection is one dangerous slope (that I […]
Everything happens for a reason, right? I loved how my Uber driver reminded me of this when he was bringing my best friend Nycol Didcote and me back to the airport last week. I’m not an Uber expert, we actually don’t even have Uber where […]
2 years! It’s been TWO years since École Sage Creek School was getting ready to open its doors! I still remember it like it was yesterday. There was much talk going on about how to begin building our school culture before the first day of […]
Last week, I was at a get together catching up with people I don’t get to see often, but that I truly love. It’s a hard time of year; I had been busy all weekend with family obligations, it was report card time, and I […]
It was Christmastime 2011, and my husband and I, and our oldest (and only child at the time) were between houses. We had sold our house, and when the new house we were building was delayed, we moved in with my brother-in-law and his girlfriend, […]
On Friday morning, I was laying in bed sick, and came across the article ‘Self-care’ is not enough to fix how much moms are burnt out by Diana Spalding. Although I strongly encourage you to read the whole post which literally stopped me dead in […]
This past Wednesday was United Way’s Conscious Kindness Day. As their website states, this day encourages everyone to “Help create a kind, caring community by planning intentional acts of kindness on May 15. Be (extra!) kind to friends, neighbours, co-workers—and strangers too—and share it with […]
Dear teacher, As the year begins to wind down, I know that all the doubts imaginable start to creep into your mind. You are tired. You are worn down. And you begin to feel as though you didn’t do enough. You didn’t give enough. You […]
Blogging has become one of my passions over the last couple of years, and although I am certainly far from being an expert (who’s an expert anyway?), I definitely have some experience from both writing posts and reading a bunch of them. This post will […]
Challenges. Bumpy roads. Hard days. Moments of despair. Shortcomings. Mistakes. Hard lessons learned. Feelings of failure. We all have them, especially as teachers and parents… you know, those people who are responsible for teaching and raising children so that they become the best versions of […]