It’s been a while. I chose to step away from blogging last year, mostly because I didn’t feel like I had much to say. Being a...

Last year around this time, I chose my One Word for 2022: FIGHT. In true ‘fight’ fashion, I told very few people because I didn’t want to...

I've sat and stared at an empty screen for a long while this evening. The longer I sit here, the longer it takes any words to come, the...

A few months ago, I noticed a new trend on TikTok. Admittedly, I spend entirely too much time scrolling through random TikToks,...

Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve written anything. It’s not for lack of things to say though. In fact, I have a whole list of things I...

I’m writing this on a rare “good” day. There haven't been many of those lately. Maybe you’ve noticed I haven’t written one of these in a...

2020. Ugh. This is going to be a year to remember, huh? I’ve seen some memes about how in the future, social studies teachers like me are...

2020 hasn't been a great year. Global pandemic, quarantine spring/summer, lots of unknowns and dark days...here are the things that kept...

Well, it’s been awhile, huh? It seems like historically, whenever I’ve felt really busy and overwhelmed, life just says, “You think this...

I’ve known I was going to write this particular blog post for a while. I just didn't know exactly how I was going to write it. I actually...

I think it’s funny how different themes from your life come back around. I wrote a blog post awhile ago, about being STILL, which was...

I wanted so badly to fall asleep on my couch tonight instead of writing this. Not because I don’t think writing this is important, but...

I haven’t written for awhile. I could give you a whole list of reasons, but mostly I feel like the two biggest ones are 1) I didn’t...

Well, today is the one year anniversary of when I came home from treatment for (hopefully) the last time. You all may be thinking that...

Dear Cassie, You saw your weight this week for the first time in almost two years. The number that you saw really freaked you out and...

As promised, I’m writing not because I feel like I have to, but because I have something to say. This post has been living in pieces and...

It’s been awhile. A lot longer than I thought, honestly. During this time, it seems like the days drag on and on, but the weeks go by...

I walked into my classroom yesterday. I walked in at 8 o’clock on a Wednesday morning in the middle of April. It was empty. Classrooms...

This is such a weird time. I say or think a version of those words every single day, usually more than once. I don’t want to speak for...

I’ve been tossing this post around in my head for a while. That seems to be how it’s working these days. I’ve noticed that since I have...