Striving to Make Every Day Fun + Pretty
Hello, December. This month will forever bring so many memories with it; it’s the month we got married, the month we lost Hope, and full of an insane amount of amazing holiday memories. While I am anxious about what this next week holds, as we near the one year anniversary of losing Hope, I’m also focusing on the good that…
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Growing up, I never knew life without reading. My parents read to us every night and my grandmother bought us books for every holiday. Looking back, that is one of the things I am most thankful for – being taught to love reading. Did you know that learning to love reading is actually a learned behavior? It’s something parents teach…
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The holiday season is upon us, bringing with it all the joys of this time of the year: visiting with loved ones, decorating and crafting, feasting on beautiful spreads, gorging ourselves with treats. As the kids walk through classroom doors increasingly full of sugar and excitement though, teachers may be feeling some serious anxiety as they gear up for the…
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A year ago today, November 17, 2017, we learned that something was wrong with our baby Hope and that she wasn’t going to make it. That evening I went home and was in a complete loss. I prayed over and over and over again. Not really for God to “fix” what we were going through – but for him to…
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Many of us were not directly taught vocabulary. We learned it from reading, speaking to our parents, and listening to our teachers. We used context clues to give words meaning and half the time didn’t even know if we were pronouncing the words correctly or using them right. Whether you’re a parent or a teacher, squeezing vocabulary instruction into your…
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November is all about being thankful. But let’s be honest, sometimes that’s easier said than done. This month I will be 8 months pregnant, pass the one year anniversary of when we found out we were losing Hope, and prepare for her birthday at the beginning of December. Is being 8 months pregnant comfortable? Not so much. My back aches,…
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