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Hold Space, Not Heads

Hey Dudes, It’s been a hot minute since we connected on the brown couch. Your girl is back and ready to talk about Gen X aging, menopause (fact or fiction), and boomer toddlers after a bit of a hiatus. You see, I started a new career as a business owner – and have been learning a crap ton about software applications used to create online learning modules that don’t put you to sleep. It’s been…

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What to Expect When You are Expecting...

What to Expect When You are Expecting…

If you are of a similar age, you probably turned to many “What to Expect when you are Expecting…” books in your early adulthood. My husband and I lived by these books to make sure we weren’t irrevocably screwing it up with our firstborn and turning her into a deviant. For the most part, the book worked well for us – my beautiful daughter is not that much of a deviant (in a healthy chaotic normal…

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What If?

What if we took just as much time for kids as we do for adults? #edxit

I swear I am not having a midlife crisis, but there is some thing that happens when you have major life events that make you really consider how you want to spend your time on Earth. This past 12 months I have experienced the following, in no particular order, running a school of 2,000 during a pandemic, debating health care practices with the public, the death of my father, major surgery, the…

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Pirate Teacher looks at 50

Did you know about Edxit? Ever wonder why?

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I am a Jimmy Buffett fangirl…been a parrot head for a while.  Like most of my golden girlfriends, I have eclectic music tastes ranging from Depeche Mode (Personal Jesus, anyone?) to Dr. Dre (The Chronic is on all of my playlists) to Charley Pride (70s country – I was raised on it).  One of my favorite Buffett ballads is A Pirate Looks at 40.  For those unfamiliar,…

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Time well spent

Come join me on the brown sofa friend. It has been a few days since I shared my thoughts on education – I am going to switch focus to that of being a Gen X mom in her (ahem) almost 50s. This phase of life is really confusing. I have two amazing kids who are finding their way through university. That part is cool. The not so cool part of it is that I find myself wishing for a return to the “good…

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Authentically yours...

Authentically yours - why staying vanilla in a spicy world is no longer acceptable.

One of the not-so-great parts of being a public school administrator is that you often have to censor yourself. You really can’t share the entire background of an issue, tell someone that you agree with them on the controversy de jour, or even hazard an opinion on a central office decision. You are to remain neutral. This was hard for me. I don’t like being forced to hide my feelings or my…