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Summer Changes
This week I had my final school day of the 2025-2026 school year. Students and teachers alike dream about this day. . . and this year it was pushed farther and farther away with each snow day. But finally it arrived, and everyone rejoiced. But what happens the next day? Suddenly my life changes. I’m…
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My Journaling Journey
I’ve become someone who journals. I can’t tell you how many notebooks I’ve found over the years that have a few pages written on, and then crickets. But now I write every day. And it’s made quite an impact on my life. December 2024 was a rough month for me, but I couldn’t figure out…
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My Experience in Christ
Originally published by The Round Farmhouse Ministries on October 1, 2025 “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation – if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” (1 Peter 2:2-3, ESV) I accepted Christ as a child, but that acceptance had a…
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You Never Know
“Love is patient and kind. . . ” 1 Corinthians 13:4a ESV Every once in a while I have that student. That student who takes a lot of my attention. That student who struggles academically but gets overwhelmed with making up work. That student who tries to manipulate me while coming across as super sweet. That student…
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A Thorn in My Side
Blessed to be a guest writer this week at Briannagrams.com. Click here to read!
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Cut Yourself Some Slack
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV Last week I mentioned cutting myself some slack when tackling hills, and this week that idea stuck with me. I have a target time for my running mile. Sometimes my mile time…
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Learning to Walk . . . Again
This was posted on The Round Farmhouse Ministries blog on Friday, July 5th. So thankful to be writing for another blog! “God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places.” Habakkuk 3:19a ESV A few months ago, I was finishing a run when…
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Testifying to the Goodness of God
“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” 2 Corinthians 2:15 ESV I have a love/hate relationship with public speaking. I’m fine if I’m speaking in a dark, crowded auditorium. I’m fine if I’m speaking about something I’ve prepared on a specific topic. But…
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Get Up
I’ve avoided writing this week’s post, but it’s time to share this part of my story, so here it goes. “I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.” Psalm 104:33 ESV As I shared in a previous post, someone near to…
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Things They Remember: Being Loved
“Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV I often wonder if anything I do at work really matters. I invest in students, some for four years, but then they leave. I know parents do the same thing, but it’s a bit different as a teacher. Because I invest in…