Memoirs of a Redhead

Without even opening my eyes, all tangled up in my down comforter, I woke up with a couple thoughts. First, I thought about how, a day from now I was going to be standing in front of my new class, tackling the job of getting to know their names.  And…

You are Jim. You are personable, easy-going, and always socially aware. Your great sense of humor and impishness soften the blow of what might otherwise be a dark, cutting cynicism. This is how I was described after I took "The Office" personality test.  Jim Halpert is the man of my…

"Most of the time when we think of church, we think of Sunday. But Sunday is really about Monday. If our job as Christians was simply to get together and worship God, we could do that in Heaven. But our job is more than that: that’s why God has us…

Some thoughts for today (although technically it’s Wednesday morning, it’s still Tuesday night to me): I’m really blessed.  My friend Joi came and worked in my room for HOURS today, doing stuff that needed to be done.  She didn’t quite get the appreciation of how much she’d helped until I…

Building relationships with people are valuable ways to spend my time.  Speaking and listening help us to make connections with others.  Brian and Susan are in the process of teaching us traits. The Traits of Conversation help us to connect with others through…you guessed it…conversation!  We use the Traits of…

Things have been going much better with the Literacy Project.  It’s still A LOT and I’m still not completely clear, but what I’m having to come to grips with is that the whole thing is a learning process.  How often am I talking about learning through processes?  It is most…

A friend and I went for a walk a couple weeks ago at a pond in Birmingham.  It was a nice little neighborhood and I think I’ll return for another walk soon!  As with any pond, there were ducks.  The friend I was with told me about the time that…

This is a time lapse of a child growing from birth to 14 years old. One picture a month! How cool! I want to do this with my future kids:)

My friend, Dana, and I drove up to our yearly staff retreat the other day.  Crystal Mountain is a beautiful resort to visit, and that’s where we get to enjoy some professional development, time to hang out with the staff, and competition with the other TRG schools. A little bit…

Can I admit that I’m a little bit stressed?  Maybe a little bit more than a little bit…The literacy project that I’m working with is messing with my mind.  There’s so much to be done and not enough time.  There are three schools doing this project and our school is…