In an era of digital sound bites, where Twitter’s 280 characters often define the boundaries of expression, there’s a pressing concern about the evolving nature of communication. The onslaught of condensed digital communication modes has engendered an environment where the depth of language and profound conversations seem to be ebbing.
A quality I cherish about summer is the way time expands for our family: we’re less rushed, less tightly scheduled, and less everything that makes the day-to-day feel overwhelming at times.
At this point, I’ve made the Hershey’s chocolate cake recipe more times than I can count…
The last MMS Junior High trip of this year was to Mt. Diablo State Park…
In the last couple of months, I’ve been able to connect with a number of my own past students and graduates of Marin Montessori School…
Math anxiety was already a hot topic 25 years ago when I was a student…
At age twenty-one, and five days after I graduated from college, I moved to Sumatra, Indonesia. Sent by the organization “Volunteers in Asia,” I spent the next year focused on educating Indonesian youth on HIV/AIDS prevention…
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First and foremost, forgiveness is an unburdening act of self-compassion; it makes us feel and live better.
My three children are as distinct and beautifully themselves as any three human beings can be – and yet they undoubtedly developed along a nearly identical track, experiencing the same lurches and regressions at roughly the same stages of development.
