Pushing Through: The Colonies

Pushing Through: The Colonies

It’s Tuesday morning and I am teaching history to six 3rd and 4th graders in our homeschool co-op. We have been studying history chronologically, starting with the nomads back in kindergarten through all the ancient civilizations. We’ve studied about...
Pushing Through: Learning to Read

Pushing Through: Learning to Read

My daughter Natalie is learning to read. It’s not easy yet. She loves being read to: we stack up a pile of our favorites and snuggle on the couch with her two sisters or find a quiet corner of the library. There are some classics that even my almost three year...
The Hill

The Hill

If I close my eyes, I can see myself at the end of our driveway. It is just before dusk. We are stretching our legs, getting ready. The sky is tinged with pink as the sun sinks behind the trees. The air is still. As we turn east to jog down the hill I can hear the...
Is Patience a Leadership Competency?

Is Patience a Leadership Competency?

Mary Jo Asmus has been getting a terrific response to her recent blog post, “Is Kindness a Leadership Competency?” — especially on Twitter. The post is one of her finest, and to quote her Twitter friends, Mary Jo really struck a chord with the idea that...