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I think that being a mom is a rewarding, scary, stressful, fulfilling, daunting, wonderful, overwhelming responsibility. I also think that for me to be the best mom I can be, I need to be the best person I can be. By best I mean happiest and most successful.
I’ve recently started reading a new book by [...]
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A couple of Saturdays ago, I went on a 12-mile run. I tell you this to let you know that I had 2 hours to do nothing but think about this. :) As I was running, I thought about all the lessons I have learned from running, and compared it to my [...]
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(Quote above by Thomas Edison)
In my 10 years of teaching science to high school students, one thing remains true… going to the lab provides a meaningful learning experience (provided the students are prodded, questioned, assisted during the lab experience). Going to the lab also provides an opportunity to teach a life lesson — persistence.
Just last week, [...]
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StrongMothers recently supported a LiveSTRONG team with several members from the Birmingham area. We want to share the e-mail we received from Beth Uhlman about the event. Beth is a teacher and coach in Hoover, Alabama. Beth lost her Strong Mother to cancer in her early teens, so this ride was very personal to her. [...]
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For the past few days I have been working with a student on science problems involving work, power, and force. He has been having difficulty with the math and rearranging the formulas to solve for certain unknown variables. He is an athlete, so I said to him, “You know how when you try something in football or may [...]
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As moms busy people, it is easy to lose ourselves - including our needs, passions, and dreams - to the daily b.u.s.y.n.e.s.s. of life. Do you ever feel this way? Do you want to live a passionate life?
Since school started back a couple of months ago, I feel like I have allowed myself to get caught up in [...]
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I got nothin’. None of my excuses compare with what my former student has gone through. Let me explain…
A former student and I became Facebook friends recently, and we talked about getting together for a cup of coffee and catching up with each other. He told me that he had a story that I wouldn’t [...]
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