sometimes i wonder if i should consider being back in the classroom.  sometimes people say “don’t you miss it?” or “i wish you would teach grade one again” and it makes me think.  but then there are the moments when i KNOW i am where i should be.  that i KNOW i am happiest when i am sharing my love for reading.  i have so many students (and even teachers!) who tell me library is their favourite time of… Read more »

well, let’s start with the last part first… IT’S LOOMI’S BIRTHDAY! he’s 6 today!!  and i was thinking it would be funny if i invited everyone over today to celebrate since he’s such a grumpy gus.  BUT…i never made it that far. so i woke up this morning to the sounds of cats fighting at around 5:30 a.m.  i JUMPED out of bed and as i was trying to break up the fight, i suddenly felt a lot of pain… Read more »

a wish.  a hope or desire for something.  that many people believe should be kept a secret or else it won’t come true.  whether or not you believe in wishes, you have to admit that the idea of a wish is so beautiful.  to have such hope and such a desire for something that you will take a chance on any number of random things, with HOPE that it might come true. i recently read this super-cute book called ‘WISH‘… Read more »