Tag: understanding
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Making Do With What We Have
Living in Florida, we don’t have access to real snow. The weather here doesn’t lend itself to brisk winter storms; not having them makes us want them all the more. It’s human to want what we don’t–can’t–have. I hear the weather reports of snowstorms up north, and I long for a single day of a…
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It’s More Than Academic
School seems to begin earlier and earlier here. Most of central Florida has begun classes, some students responding with delight, others with disdain. Tiffany and Ramsay’s three children began their new year with different perspectives. Brooklyn, their oldest, entering third grade, is a learner at heart. She loves school, having the chance for new and…
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Live And Let Dye
Tie-dyed shirts have been around forever. Interest in making and wearing them cycles through generations like a reliable friend. Creativity comes in how and where you bunch the shirt and the color palette chosen. There’s a little bit of hippy in all of us. Isley, at seven, made a shirt with her bestie, Talia. Their…
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Below-The-Surface Boo Boos
I don’t know what’s wrong with him. Snot runs like a stream from his nose. His cheeks are rosy and covered with slimy boogers. He can’t breathe and swallow at the same time. Ryken, at eleven months, either is teething or has a cold. The symptoms look a lot alike. The flushed cheeks make me think…
Tip of My Iceberg 