The day can leave me feeling spent! It doesn’t matter if it’s a workday or weekday. At the end of the day, I’m exhausted! That’s why I love the morning! It’s a fresh start, nothing has gone wrong, and everything could go right! Making breakfast can be a fun family affair! We can get so …
Shall we Tutoyer?
Please let me start by stating, I am not an expert by any means on language studies. However, I have always had a great fascination with cultures and languages. I’m a xenophile! When visiting another country that we are not familiar with, Americans should politely and humbly ask residents if they speak English — …
Friendship is a gift we should treasure like our health
I recently read an article in the Argyle Sun Newspaper about a 101-year-old woman who credits her longevity to her friendships. After I read it I said to my friend Laurie, “I think this woman is right, the secret to living to be 100 is friendship! Just look at Georgie (click here for the article). …
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Fashion is like an elegant language
Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn and Miuccia Prada exemplify fashion for me. Coco Chanel said, “Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” I believe fashion is like an elegant language, with it you can create reality or fantasy… When I …
Deep in the Heart of Texas
I went to college out of state in Alabama. Living somewhere other than Texas I became more proud to be a Texan. When I’m away from home and someone asks me where I’m from, it gives me great satisfaction to say Texas! When my friend Natalie and I were traveling in Switzerland and people found …
It all began in a garden
I could have so easily fallen for Thomas Jefferson! Sally Hemings would have had some good competition from me had I lived back then! I share Jefferson’s aesthetic for all things French and his love for food. He was experimental, brave, and passionate about food. The father of agriculture, Thomas Jefferson changed the way we …
Travel without Traveling
How do you raise worldly and cultured children? Education through culture gives us a new way of seeing things. This is what I want for my children. I want to teach them to embrace other customs, food, and people with their eyes open. C’est la vie! My second grade classroom and my own children will learn …
Pollyanna Octopus Mom
There is an exercise in Pilates called “imprinting”. You visualize your spine lengthening and sinking down into soft sand, lightly imprinting. This reminds me of writing your name in wet sand or cement and how it is so easy to make an impression. Well, children are like wet cement in the way it takes the …
Manners are Golden
One of the hardest obstacles children face today is learning good manners without seeing any. It is sad to see adults be uncivil to each other because children follow suit. What are manners? They are a happy way of doing something. Emily Post wrote, “Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If …
The first week of school from a teacher’s point of view
School has started; the kids are getting into their routine. The first week is a trying one. Training the children in the routines of what, when, and how to do things isn’t easy. Getting to know their personalities and figuring out the best way to reach each child can be challenging, especially with a large …
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Meet the teacher
Starting off the school year on the right foot is easy if you stay positive and share in your child’s excitement about school. But, if you freak out, they’ll freak out! This is my 11th year teaching 2nd grade and let me tell you, the first couple of weeks are crucial! Parents should make an …
Good Lessons from Great Coaches
Elephants are lucky creatures. Placed on shelves or by doorways, they inspire luck and longevity. There is a dispute about which way a lucky elephant holds its trunk! The belief is that an elephant with the trunk pointed up brings luck and one with the trunk down is bad luck. I sometimes can give the …