Pause.

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Why is she posting ice cream? 🍨

Yesterday after work, I was running around. Running to do kids stuff, ordering dinner, running to my appointment. Running. Running. Running. 👟

And I paused.⏸

I looked up and saw a Roll it Up ice cream spot and I parked. I parked illegally. 😂🤣 I got out. I took my time with my order. Which in case you’re wondering my order was Cotton Candy Ice Cream with whipped cream, coconut and graham cracker. (Sharing what I got for future use😂)

I then walked to my illegally parked vehicle, parked legally (don’t worry I’m not that hard core 😅) and I sat and ate every bit of my ice cream slowly. I didn’t think about anything, but just how delicious the ice cream was. Just how perfect the toppings fit the ice cream. It was heavenly. It was a moment of slowness and quietness that I needed.

Here is why I’m posting yummy ice cream:

—it’s okay to slow down and breathe

—it reminds yourself you’re human and you can’t do all the things AND that’s okay

—do what you need to do for you

—sometimes ice cream tastes better in a quiet car without the children (although you 💗 them dearly)

This post is not about the yummy ice cream. 😊🍨

Teachers Should be at THE Table

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I feel REALLY strongly about this. Every time I see some bogus policy that clearly didn’t even talk to educators/teachers doing this work my blood boils a bit!

Teachers should have lots and lots of seats at these decision-making tables.

As the pandemic hit, society finally realized just how much education is the backbone of making this thing run. Educators finally thought, yes—change.

AND here we are.

Maybe we can’t change this whole broken system overnight, but we can make little changes that can create big impact over time.

There are ways to do it:

Leaders:

– Create a culture of listening & communication

– Co-create the mission, vision, goals collaboratively

– Bring teachers in on decision-making for the school

– Give them voice

– Build leaders within your building

Teachers:

Do the same for students in your classrooms. 🤪

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” -Mother Teresa

#changemaker #changestartswithyou #smallchanges #bedifferent #teachers #teach #educator #educate #school #teacher

Lineage of Motherhood

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My Lineage

I’ve been thinking a lot about the lineage of motherhood in my family. How one beautiful, strong matriarch can pave the way for the others—to teach them how to be a mother.

How the little girls, young ladies and grown women experience and watch to learn the ways of motherhood through this lineage.

I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandmother, MaMà and how her life & strength taught my mother to be a loving, wonderful and caring mother. I’ve been thinking about my aunts who also helped pave the way for my mother in her motherhood journey.

I’ve been thinking about how I have grown into my own journey of motherhood through this lineage. It’s through the lineage that I’ve experienced, learned, grown, loved and sought how to be a mother. Through MaMà, my Mother, my aunts, my sisters—I’ve learned.

The lineage of motherhood in my family is strong. To neglect the power of this lineage is to neglect the strength of family. This Lineage of Motherhood is circle that encamps us. Even though physical bodies may be resting and some of our mothers are now in the spiritual realm—knowing that the lineage and enchanting spirit of motherhood transcends is beautiful enough for me.

My Family