I am so excited and grateful to be back at the school I’ve worked at for the past year and a half. The job market is tough out there, and when it became pretty clear that I wasn’t going to find a job in my field within the next few months, I messaged my former [...]

Countdown to graduation: 12 hours, 27 minutes and 3 seconds. Last night was the Honors Program Reception. Each Honors Program graduate (44 this year!) received their medal and had a little profile read about them. Joyce, the Honors Program Coordinator, writes lovely profiles for each graduate each year. You can see them read my profile [...]

This past week was Spirit Week at the school where I run an after school program. Friday was “Character Day.” I was going to throw on a ball gown and tiara and be a princess. But the ball gown didn’t fit, so I ran around for 30 minutes trying to figure out Plan B. Finally, [...]

In these difficult times for our country and world, I am increasingly thankful for my job as an after school program director (for more reasons than one!). The kids offer me so many laughs and different perspectives on the world. Each weekday afternoon refreshes me for the evening and days to come. It is impossible [...]

I just looked back at my last couple of blog posts, and I have been swamped, stressed, and overwhelmed for a couple of weeks now. I was thinking about bowing out of doing a blog entry this week, but decided instead that I needed to shift my focus a bit. Yes, things are still stressful [...]

At the end of January I accepted a part-time job as an after school program director at a small private school in the Boston suburbs. To say I love this job would be an understatement. The kids crack me up on a daily basis, and I often come home and write down their “kidisms” so [...]