Life, Faith, and Family in the Great State of Nebraska
I’m not sure what happens in other households, but over the years my boys have begged me to take them to Gamestop. As a matter of fact, it was the first store I ever allowed them to venture into alone. I think the older boys might have been in about sixth grade. I went to […]
Read More Gamestop and the Art of Parenting Fails“Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – either online on social media, in the real world, or both.” And it is seriously on my last nerve. First, I’m not sure when it became such a big deal to disagree with someone. To […]
Read More An Army of OneWhen Benjamin was in fifth grade, he begged me to sign him up for youth wrestling. “Wrestling?” I thought. “Yuck!” Let me explain. When I was in high school in Pennsylvania, wrestling was a really big deal. (As in, I’m sure my high school had a basketball team, but I don’t remember anybody watching them.) […]
Read More Everything Else is WrestlingFor those of you who don’t know, I am an English teacher. I’ve been a teacher in one form or another for pretty much my entire adult life. In all that time, I’ve been assigned to every level I’m certified to teach, and even a few I’m not. Seniors to six-graders, I’ve done them all. […]
Read More Crazy Works in ProgressIt was very, very difficult to get out of my bed yesterday. As soon as my eyes fluttered opened, there was a knot in my stomach. It was, of course, Inauguration Day. And if you know me, you know that I’m a conservative and that my guy wasn’t the guy being inaugurated, and you probably […]
Read More Melancholy and the Color OrangeYou’ll have to forgive me, it’s been a really long time since I’ve done this, and I’m not quite sure I remember how! For those of you who have not actually known me for longer than nine years, once upon a time I frequently posted to this blog. I wrote about our move to Nebraska […]
Read More Has it Really Been Nine Years?
Breaking for Big Red 