We should go to Hawaii!!
I am always amazed that the greatest lessons that I have taught my kids seem to always be the ones I did not intend to teach. I guess that is how my kids learned that…
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Where can we meet?
For anyone who has read one of my blog posts, looked at my Facebook or spent even a few moments with me it becomes pretty clear that my boys are my world. Chris and Z…
The ultimate investment!
When people hear the word "investment" they most likely are thinking about stocks, bonds, mutual funds or annuities. Personally, though all of those things do have value, they are not the investments that I consider…
Girl Talk
A clique is defined as a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them. I always knew that…
Turn it off!!
Today I am sitting in my office listening to the giggling of a group of 4 year old girls in the hallway waiting to go out to recess. I can hear their happy chatter about…
Where is heaven?
Each year I am asked about tips for talking to children about death and how to respond when a child asks the question "Are you going to die?" or "Where is heaven?" That question has…
Who is the teacher?
The simple definition of a teacher is a person or thing that teaches something. As a teacher I know my job is to teach, to educate the minds of children and adults, essentially to…
I hate you!!!!! (please love me)
Those three little words out of the mouth of a child can carry so much power. I think back to the very first time that I ever heard those words. I had only been teaching…
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can hurt me too
I am often asked why I became a preschool teacher and I always answer the same way, "when I was 4 I had a preschool teacher who was mean to me so I decided then…
THEmom
I have been asked why I chose the name lifeofTHEmom. The title "THEmom" began many years ago when my boys would introduce me to their friends. I would often hear "this is THE mom" and…