September is Friendship Month!
September is here, which marks the start of the new school year, new routines, new classes, and new friendships!
If You Build It, They Will Read
Last week during her first week of school, I had a conversation with a fresh-out-of-college-first-year teacher who was spending her evenings typing up grammar practice slides to keep students busy and, hopefully, ward off behavior issues.
Dates, Death, and Dybbuks—Oy vey!
Earlier this summer, my oldest son was making random conversation at dinner about the foolishness of dating aphorisms, like how you shouldn’t talk about politics or religion on the first date. He asked if we could even imagine his brother, our middle child, on a date with someone who didn’t share...
Donuts and Deals with the Devil: A Love Story in Space—Kind of
No cap, I have the worst singing voice in the world. Birds have dropped dead out of the sky upon hearing it. My children used to fall fast asleep just to stop any lullaby I started. Glassware has broken from the notes I’ve hit—granted people threw that glassware at me, but the fact stands: I have a...
Cuban Pastries, English Tea–No Berry
Unpopular opinion–British Baking Show is way overrated. Okay, very unpopular opinion. I just don’t like it and feel it my mission in life to de-cultify people from machinations of Mary Berry.
Hits, Hoverboards, and Alternate Realities
Back in the days before television screens were flat, before we had televisions in every room of the house, before crazy high screen resolutions let us see every line, wrinkle, and flaw on previously unflawed celebrities, I remember watching a boxing match during the Olympics with friends and...
A Magical Must-Have
It’s Stranger Things season four that everyone asks you if you’ve watched yet.
Immigrant and Refugee Stories: Enrique's Journey
There’s something to be said about putting yourself in another person’s shoes. Even if those shoes will never fit perfectly, and you struggle to stay upright because you could never fully understand the perspective, journey, or fortitude that led them through it. Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a...
Immigrant and Refugee Stories: Ink Knows No Borders
Poetry offers a creative outlet for writers to explore their emotions, experiences, and dreams for the future. It offers extraordinary literary freedom. It can look and sound like anything the author wants—it could rhyme (or not), it could be a haiku with short and simple syllables, or it could be...
Immigrant and Refugee Stories Month: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Something I think students with siblings might be able to relate to is competing with each other to please their parents or be the best. In some cases it’s all in good fun, but other times young teens might feel pressure to match their sibling’s grades, experiences, or behavior.
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