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Expanding Since I am no longer a public school teacher, my life has expanded in ways I never imagined. My days are no longer constrained with a commute to and from work, restrictions imposed by strict standards surrounding the work of a public classroom teacher, or remaining within the confines of a building for 8-10…

Worth I graduated from high school in 1976 and made one of the largest purchases in my lifetime as a single woman. I bought my first car, a used 1967 Volkswagen. It wasn’t much to look at. It did not sparkle or shine, but it was mine. The motor purred, the transmission was smooth and…

Joyful When… Though my husband and I never discussed the number of children we wanted, we both knew we wanted more than one. About the time I began feeling confident as the mother of one child, we began thinking of trying for our second child.  I harbored a few concerns with having a second child;…

Our Wounds I am grateful that I was not a single mother raising my three sons. My husband was and is indeed a wonderful father, but he was also a wonderful dispenser of first aid. Whenever one of our sons suffered an injury, my husband, unlike me, stayed calm. For instance, when our youngest lad…