It’s been nearly thirteen years since I left the classroom, but the lessons have not stopped. If anything, the distance has clarified the truth: learning never ends, and real teaching is never a solo act. It’s reciprocal. It’s sacred. And it reaches far beyond the curriculum.

On gathering what we need before we arrive

This version of me deserves something different.

In a recent professional learning session I designed and facilitated, I posed a simple but charged question: What comes first—belief or behavior?

Dubois had the talented tenth all wrong.

A Reframed Reflection on Transition

Leaving when the time is right is an act of love.

Every election, a quiet protest emerges—those who abstain from voting, believing silence sends a message to a system they feel has failed them. While the disillusionment is understandable, abstaining is not just a surrender of influence—it is a denial of the sacrifices made by those who fought to secure this right.

A few years back, Kevin gave me a major reality check. He said, “I feel like people get the best of you all day, and I get whatever’s left over.” After picking my heart up off the floor, I knew I had to make some changes.