2020 was quite the year. One would be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t have something to say about 2020….something along the lines of F#&*%@# 2020. As is true of the new year, we all reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the new year. Many a Facebook meme has warned us to eat our black eyed peas, open all the doors at midnight on the 31st and for God sake, don’t say ‘ 2021 is my year!’. As bad as it was, it was still a gift. As I think back on the last year I…
It’s thankful season, but that’s not the reason I am reflecting on all the reasons I am grateful in this moment. Life’s in the principal’s office is sometimes hard, sometimes frustrating, and sometimes I feel like I am not accomplishing anything. There are days where sometimes I am a firefighter (metaphorically) and not really an educator….at least the to the eye that doesn’t know. But right now, and in general, I am grateful. I am grateful for Dawn, my administrative assistant. I joke that she I saw my work wife, because next to my husband, she is probably the person…