October is a symphony of permanence and change. Bonaro W. Overstreet The temperatures are dropping. Summer suddenly feels like a distant memory. You don’t feel sad. You don’t think you’re ...
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. Malcolm X Maybe you’ve already started anticipating the transition back to school. ...
Every season is one of becoming, but not always one of blooming. Be gracious with your ever-evolving self. B. Oakman The shops are filling… The lists are growing… The stress ...
Your job isn’t to make things perfect… we are not here to protect them from reality but to support them as they actually face it. Mary Anne Ware Maybe it’s ...
It’s that time again… The days are growing cooler. The leaves are falling. The pumpkin-spice-everything is all around. But you just feel blah. While many of us recognize the mild ...
gratitude Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie As we look around this week, the signs of Thanksgiving are ...
{ Back-to-school transition } Usually the things we think we need become the very things we need a break from. Jen Hatmaker The air is crisping up. The Halloween merchandise ...
When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it’s our job to share our calm, not join their chaos. L.R. Knost This week, the kids in your life likely have ...
I am enough of a realist to understand that I can’t reach every child, but I am more of an optimist to get up every morning and try. Preston Morgan ...
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. Frederick Buechner Dorm supplies have been purchased. Good-byes have been said. Dr. Seuss has been quoted (and ...
You know the signs. The weather is changing. The email communication has begun. Unless you’ve been spending the summer unplugged on an uncharted island somewhere (in which case, good for you), ...
Self-care is never a selfish act. It is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can ...
