Last night I was a timer at my daughters’ conference track meet. Event after event found me watching for gun smoke, clicking the start button on my timer, and eyeing athletes as they approached the finish line. The cycle continued on repeat for four consecutive hours: a huddle of athletes would appear, run their race …
On a recent Sunday morning drive, my seven-year-old piped up from the backseat: “Mom, do you think I could get a pet monkey?” Smiling at my fourth child, and now somewhat unphased by these types of questions, I responded: “Why do you want to get a pet monkey?” Ready to fire off his answer, my …
Into the Wild As our family drove south from Anchorage along the Turnagain Arm of the Gulf of Alaska, we took in the view: dark blue waters, sands shaped by the tide, jagged snow-capped mountains—and more bald eagles than I had ever seen. Somehow, despite my copious amounts of research on regional activities, accommodations, and …
We keep going because literacy has power, just like Frederick Douglass came to understand as a young man. His example offers inspiration and hope for weary parents and teachers of struggling readers.
