I haven't much time but I wanted to wedge in one last word about today's election. It's raining, and I'm off to work my polling place for a few hours. I took Bird and Deal with me to vote this morning. Bird just so happens to have third grade CogAt testing today so I let him fill … [Read more...] about Wake County Election Day
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Schools Benefit Us All – So VOTE
There was a time before I had children that I paid no attention to schools and school issues. I didn't see the relevance to my own life. I figured schools only mattered to the students and the parents, and sadly, I paid little attention to teachers back then. I took teachers for … [Read more...] about Schools Benefit Us All – So VOTE
EVERYONE Needs to Vote in School Board Elections
Let me start by apologizing. I'm sorry this post is so heated. I'm sorry to come off as angry and negative. I'm sorry to let snark unleash its tongue. I'm sorry to rant. But I'm not sorry for caring. I'm not sorry for standing up for what I believe from the very core that makes … [Read more...] about EVERYONE Needs to Vote in School Board Elections
ONE VOICE Rally for Public Education
It's no secret that I have strong opinions about the state of our education system. In my home state of North Carolina our education system is teetering on the cusp of major meltdown. It's in a state, I tell you. Teachers are an amazing ilk, and I think they deserve greater … [Read more...] about ONE VOICE Rally for Public Education
Technorati: Writing My First Post
Sometimes as a writer it's hard to delve into memories that make our hearts aflutter and our palms clammy. It's hard to harken back to moments in our lives that were so special that we want to hold them close and not share an ounce of their magic. Some memories are too painful to … [Read more...] about Technorati: Writing My First Post
Wake County Schools: One Year Later
As you know from my blog posts, tweets, Facebook updates, and water cooler rants, I am frustrated with our local school board. OK, I'm admittedly more pissed that frustrated, but being angry doesn't make me take action. We are at the one year mark since life as we know started … [Read more...] about Wake County Schools: One Year Later
We Have a Male Babysitter.
Are women predisposed to taking care of children? I never wanted to be a mother. Somehow the maternal gene was pinched between the shopping and corporate ladder climber genes that roughhoused all the others into submission. I didn't earn pocket money babysitting, nor did … [Read more...] about We Have a Male Babysitter.