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I've been battling the End-of-the-Summer Plague (the doctor says it's a respiratory infection, I still think I'm allergic to the...

“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss I was talking to another teacher yesterday and he was telling ...

You know the moving walkways at airports? And how if you walk against the motor, you make no progress? Welcome to my day. It started when I...

6) Just because it’s camping and there aren’t bubble baths doesn’t mean I couldn’t bring the pampering. Not only did I do my own hair, but I...

4) When things go wrong on the river, they go wrong fast and they go really wrong. This is an unedited excerpt from a hasty entry in my wate...

Fearless doesn’t mean without fear . Okay, technically it does, but for the purpose of Fearless Summer it means acknowledging that somethi...

Like my stripe-y sunburn? The shoes that caused it... (though mine are lighter pink) photo credit ...Also, pedicures are no match for camp...

I attempted it once when I was six and ended up in the hospital before it was time for s’mores – and that was the only reason I’d wanted to...

In my defense, someone had seen a SNAKE in that general area the day before. And I heard a scary noise in the bushes behind me. The fact t...

By putting Fearless Summer out there in the universe, I knew I would be tested. I just didn’t know how MUCH I would be tested or what types...

Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone, but the last time I went to Disney World I was a toxic visitor . I was 7. The trip was my First Holy Communion pr...

Fearless Summer has also apparently become Restless Summer because I can’t seem to stop traveling. Not that I’m complaining. Travel provid...

As a child I was ~fearless~! Fearless and lacking self-preservation to a degree that terrified my mother and landed me in the ER many, many...

St. Matt came to school with me on Friday. It was the kiddos’ last day and emotions were running high as limits were being tested. St. Matt...

1) Hearing my class groan in unison when I pick up the bookmark during read aloud and then beg: “ One more page, please !” 2) The bucakaroo...

Confession: I will meet next year’s crop of kiddos on Thursday morning. I will spend an hour with them and smile and prattle. And I will h...

Sitting beside me right now is something spectacular; I can’t stop petting it. It’s the best Summer Present from the best husband ever : a ...

Field Day: n. A school event comprised of various non-traditional sporting competitions; designed to turn formerly angelic students into de...

I have a tendency to develop little routines. You could call them traditions – St. Matt calls them obsessions. But they’re just little habi...

My ability to differentiate between reality and imaginary has always been questionable. My childhood was a test of my parents’ patience and ...