by Sarah | Mar 16, 2020 | Thoughts
This post may contain affiliate links. You can read my disclosure page for more information. Well, we have certainly been through some stuff in the past week or so, haven’t we? The Coronavirus has taken full hold of the world and life as we knew it is on...
by Sarah | Aug 26, 2019 | Thoughts
This post may contain affiliate links. You can read my disclosure page for more information. Is it just me, or does it seem like we are all living on a playground overrun by schoolyard bullies? I wrote a bit about this last year when I blogged about why we...
by Sarah | Aug 19, 2019 | Thoughts
School shootings. How I wish they were not something we even know or have to worry about. But there were 24 school shootings in 2018 where someone was hurt or killed and 22 school shootings in the first half of 2019. And it continues. There were two back to back...
by Sarah | Jul 8, 2019 | Thoughts
I hesitate to wade into it, but we need to talk about this. Last week, Nike released a new athletic shoe that featured what is known as the Betsy Ross Flag, presumably timing the shoe release with Independence Day. Then Colin Kaepernick, the...
by Sarah | May 27, 2019 | College, Thoughts
UPDATE: This blog was posted in May 2019, and on August 28, 2019 word came from the College Board that they had heard parents’ concerns and made the decision to not include the Adversity Index in its consideration of student college applications. ...
by Sarah | Apr 1, 2019 | Adventures, Thoughts
There are a few times of the year that make a person especially happy they live in Texas. We are smack dab in the middle of one of them–Bluebonnet Season. The state flower of Texas is an ephemeral little blossom that makes a spectacular appearance once a year,...
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