Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! After 3 years of going straight from the 1st of August to Thanksgiving with only Labor Day for a break, New Orleans charter schools are finally adding a fall break to the schedule! My school’s 4-day weekend is much needed by everyone–including teachers who were back to work July 29th this year… Yesterday was […]
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Pink has never been my favorite color. There was some pink drama when my friend Elyse and I shared an apartment in Los Angeles over the fact that the landlord had decorated (down to the pink carpeting!) the whole apartment pink for his mother, but that’s another story. The main reason I was drawn to […]
One of my favorite ‘reads’ for the past 18 months or so has been the Well Section of the New York Times. Besides interesting articles, they also have a number of regular writers/bloggers that I am drawn to. One of these favorites is Suleika Jaouad, a wonderful writer, whose column “Life, Interrupted“, gives a strong […]
As I’ve said before, breast cancer has been a crash course for me. In some ways it seems unbelievable that I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago because I am surprised I have picked up as much as I have. Digesting what I have learned and putting this knowledge into something legible is the true […]
So, this being Breast Cancer Awareness Month and everything, part of my goal of writing 31 posts this month is to reflect on the BC ‘experience’. Last year, all I wanted to do was head to Upper Mongolia for a month because I was having a hard time processing all of the heightened ‘awareness’ of […]
Personal day at home, just me and the dogs. No students. No colleagues. No chatter. No distractions. No drama. No doctor’s appointments to attend, but I do need to pick up my Tamoxifen prescription. Should I get my flu shot? Quiet. Peaceful. Very needed.
Two years ago, my primary care physician wanted me to get a baseline mammogram. I’d spent the first 3 years of my 40s too busy to get one. Too busy with finishing grad school, healing a torn ACL, moving to New Orleans and trying to manage a toxic work environment. Too busy. Two years ago, […]
I’m amazed that it’s been 2 months since I blogged last. Where has the time gone? Plenty of topics to write about, but not enough time/energy/writing mojo to fuel new posts. Basically, the past 2 months have been a big Whooosssshhhhhhhh of living life fully with little time to write and reflect. A 3-day staycation […]
Now that the writing block is breaking up, here are a couple of cool opportunities you might want to check out. 1. Dogs and Cancer Research Study I’ve almost always had dogs around in my life. There was Toby, my parent’s first ‘kid’ who was a spunky little Boston Terrier that felt she could take […]
After 30 posts in 30 days during the month of April, I’m not that surprised that I only posted a couple of times during May. Other things took precedence, such as work and spring cleaning. I did, however, create a second blog this month, A Home for the Family Tree, which will focus on family […]
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