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Self-Care: What does it mean to me these days?
Well, it’s been another rough period! In my weekly newsletter, I talked all about what it was like to live in Texas last week (Spoiler Alert: not fun). (As a side note, if you want to donate, I recommend Beto’s organization: Powered by the People.) All of the difficulty of the past week has me thinking about the importance of self-care for myself and others.
I feel like self-care has such a watered-down connotation. Even for myself, I’ve referenced pedicures as self-care, for example. And while I still believe getting an hour away from my family while getting physical touch from a professional is helpful, it’s not sufficient. … Read More
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How to Talk with Kids about Death
The day has come that I had hoped would never come. I had to let my school community know that a child within our community passed away from a tragic accident at home.
As you can imagine, our community is devastated. The scope of this loss is difficult to bring into focus, and the weight of it is impossibly heavy.
The family has been with us from the very beginning of the school (7 years). This loss is unimaginable and it will be felt in every corner of our hearts and our school.
I searched for resources to support my own family, as well as resources to share with our … Read More
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New Year’s Resolutions: 2021, Here We Come!
The truth is I’m not feeling particularly inspired by my new year’s resolutions this year. To me, they sort of sound like an uninteresting laundry list of things.
And—YET!—I am so excited and inspired as we head into 2021 for several reasons:
- I’m shifting my mindset. I am going to stop my 2020-tendency of focusing on what I can’t do because of COVID. Instead, I want to focus on all the things I still can do, despite the situation. (Because, let’s be honest. Thursday, December 31, 2020 is not all that different from Friday, January 1, 2021.)
- As I focus on the things I can do, I’m going to head