“Cousins are connected, heart to heart. Distance and time can’t break them apart.” –Anonymous Most of my cousins live in Iowa where they farm, teach school, staff offices, and raise vegetables in gardens. But one of our riotous clan took root in Malawi, African soil. Time and distance separated us.…
“People are beginning to realize that American sign language is a value added.” -T. Alan Hurwitz,Past President of Galludet College It all started in the hallway. My fourth grade students lined up in the cavernous entry to the school. Our classroom door opened on the opposite side of the…
“Everybody’s life looks better when you’re standing outside it, looking in, but that’s never how it really is. We all got good things and bad things…” –Torey Hayden, Special education teacher and author Homework Club exuded all the trappings of success. So it appeared on the surface. Fifteen students finished…
“Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.” -Natalie Goldberg Remember learning about the Hierarchy of Needs developed by a psychologist named Abraham Maslow? As a college student with a bent for creativity, it bothered me when Maslow predicted…
