That doesn’t make any sense.

That doesn’t make any sense.

I am a math teacher for high school students, and I recently went to a training for ACT preparation. I went to a session that was all about high-performing math students’ thought processes and the patterns they used to solve problems. A huge pattern in high-achieving...
Feeling Like Christmas

Feeling Like Christmas

My heart hurts when I hear, “It just doesn’t feel like Christmas.” I get it; honestly, I do! But then again, I have to ask, “really?” How can that be? What does Christmas “feel” like anyway? The Christmas season, as celebrated...
Rest

Rest

It is 2:00 AM, and the house is quiet; everyone is asleep except me. This has been an ongoing theme for the last six months. I was running on three to four hours of sleep each night. I was mentally and physically exhausted and ready to drop. I have been coming out of...
Tug of War

Tug of War

I would like to paint a mental picture for you. Are you ready? If you can, for a moment, imagine you are about to begin a game of tug of war. Now in your mind, look down at your feet; you see one end of a rope. You reach down to pick it up and begin to pull on it,...
Lights at Christmas

Lights at Christmas

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.“ ~ Matthew 5:16 Don’t you just love lights? I know I sure do. I love the way a soft light at night in a few rooms throughout the house lights the pathway in...