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You know the saying, “if you don’t have something good to say, don’t say anything at all.”  My mom taught me that phrase many years ago.  I’ve had varying degrees of success following it. I teach my children a better version of it: is it kind? is it true?  is it necessary?  Generally, wonderful words […]

Did you know it is Teacher Appreciation Week?  I still can’t believe teachers get a week, but I suppose that complaint is getting old.  The irony of this week is that I, hater of Goose’s first grade teacher, was selected by his homeroom mother to take lunch and a gift card tomorrow.  Really?  Why me? […]

Okay, I’m going to say it out loud and there is no way I am the only person who thinks this way… Why is it that there is Teacher Appreciation WEEK and then there is Mother’s DAY? How did I get the raw end of that deal? To make it completely obvious that I’m getting […]