I recently saw the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?about the life and work of television icon Fred Rogers. I had heard it was great...

I didn’t always love to read as I do now, but I have always loved to be read to. My mom was a natural read-aloud reader. She used...

At the end of February, I was given the opportunity to speak at a Family Reading Night at my son’s elementary school. I spoke for about...

I’m not going to be that mom who complains about having her kids home for snow days. I’m not going to mention how they start the day...

When Ezra, our African-born son, was struggling with his new language last year, we signed him up for speech lessons. At first it was...

Earlier this month, I volunteered at my son’s elementary school Book Fair. Since I haven’t worked retail in 20 years, this felt like I...

This morning, as I was walking around the back of the house after watering my flowers, I spied a lonely Cozy Coupe sitting forlornly by...

I am privileged to spend five hours of most every Tuesday and Thursday with a group of 4- and 5-year olds. I teach preschool at our...