active top: old navy | leggings: old navy | sports bra: tj maxx When I realized this was going to be yet another year of painful growth, I started diving into Onward: Cultivating Emotional Residence in Educators by Elena Aguilar. Highly recommended by the way! As I was lost in her beautiful words about self-awarene[...]
jumpsuit: nordstrom rack | shoes: forever 21 | crossbody: target | earrings: stella & dot | sunglasses: nordstrom This is one of my favorite jumpers of all time and it comes in 3 different patterns! I'm guilty of buying the beige striped one as well... :) I debated doing a post about Palm Springs and then had the[...]
I cried happy tears about 10 times last week. Mostly because I experienced so many heart warming moments intermixed in all the chaos and frustration, but also because I am straight up exhausted. My body has made many failed attempts at communicating to my stubborn self to slow down... and here I am... day 4 with the flu! I can finall[...]
One big questions I've been asking myself this year is: how can I empower my students parents? A couple years ago I heard the phrase, "parents are doing the best with the tools they have" and I remember having complex feelings about that statement. My rational side went straight to "well they need to get their priorities in c[...]
I'm happy to announce upon returning from 2 personal days, my classroom was fully intact, my sub notes were surprisingly positive, and I safely drove to work in the snow! Do you ever feel like sometimes you have so much to say but know you shouldn't say it? or how to say it? That's how I feel right now. I feel like I start thinking a[...]
Every time I'm asked to grow my practice by looking a new concept or theory, I become slightly overwhelmed by the amount of information I need to learn. My middle school teacher self needed to have almost all the ducks in a row before changing my practice. Elementaryland forced me to become flexible and adopt the phrase "slow and[...]