Education

Before school started, I intended to write about my hesitations on sending my four-year-old to PreK. My plan faltered when I sobbed uncontrollably onto a piece of paper that listed all of my fears and hesitations about my little...

We've all become accustomed to distance learning in the last few weeks. But I have a proposal. What if we try a little (or a lot) of proximity learning? We may all be RGV moms, but we have kids of...

This one time, when I was a teacher, I dreaded benchmark and testing days. And I wasn't even in a testing grade! I saw and felt the anxiety that the students, teachers, and administrators felt about those standardized tests. Now, I...

First day of school has come and gone but the memories of how I felt before school began stay fresh. My daughter is stronger than Mommy. She has been through five surgeries since birth. Letting her go into the world without...

It's National Library Week! I'm so excited! First things first, National Library week is April 8th- 14th, with the theme: Libraries Lead. If you follow me on social media, you already know I am always at the library or...

Somewhere along the way during the summer, my life got too big. Between camp and activities, trying to rest and work, cooking and barbecuing, exercising and keeping the house clean, it was too much. We had no schedule and...

Are you having trouble paying attention to simple tasks like I am? For a long time now I have subscribed to digital minimalist philosophy and have even taught it in my classes, but I think it’s especially important right...

"He who speaks two languages, is worth two persons." "El que sabe dos idiomas, vale por dos." Neither my husband nor I are fluent in Spanish. Unfortunate, I know. However having grown up speaking Spanish only to my grandparents...

I can’t believe the time has come. The time has come for my little baby to start school! Even though I’ve done this twice before with my older daughters, it’s still just as hard. But before that day comes, there...

“I’m not buying you the books! The school has a library!”  These words echoed from four aisles down from where I was standing in the seasonal section at Target. The words hit me hard as if these words...