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, , becca December 4, 2017

Seriously? We’re still talking about this? (Hint: Yes.)

One of the plights of middle agedness among lo, these many plights, is this thing about the aging body. I am well and strong and very healthy, but according to every published measure and my health insurance, I weigh some pounds too many. I feel like I’ve talked about this way too much over the
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, becca December 1, 2017

December

It’s here. I’ve been waiting for WEEKS for this. November was not my favorite thing. There’s not a giant reason that it’s so, but it’s so. And there’s not a specific Wonderfulness I’m looking forward to this month, although I love Christmas and its attendant break from school. Mostly today I love December because it’s
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, , , , becca June 26, 2017

Naaman and Me

Yesterday in church, a discussion about Naaman caused me to rethink my thoughts about my relationship with God. (I thought I’d just put that right out there at the front, in case you’re here looking for food. There’s no food here today.) So. Naaman. He’s a great general and a good guy and a leper.
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, , becca August 4, 2016

Unanswerable

Dear Friend, Letters are the only way I can talk to you now. For six months I’ve tried to write about you, about what you have meant to me all the years of my life since I was seven. I’ve tried to write about your illness. Your cancer was such a bully. I don’t know
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, , , becca June 8, 2016

It’s Summer, Don’t You Know.

School has ended for the year. (*Whew*) It was a great year. Moments were long. Months were short. At the end of every year, I have a tradition (all three years of my professional teaching life – I’m such a hack) of giving a “What Every Boy Needs To Know about Being a Man” speech.
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, , , becca October 12, 2015

Making the Time

I’ve been learning. Studying about creativity at the feet of those who make it their mission to permit the rest of us to drink at the wells of creation. It’s a seriously joyful experience. (Want to try it? Watch Elizabeth Gilbert’s remarkable TED talk, here. Listen to her “Big Magic” podcast. Immerse yourself in all
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, becca April 2, 2015

Judgment

So I had occasion this week to take a group of students to be judged. They are our school’s Sterling Scholars, a designation that implies excellence in scholastic endeavors and a focus in a particular category. These kids have spent the past six months working on educational portfolios full of 500-word essays. They’ve bought suits.
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, , becca March 11, 2015

Open Letter to the High School Kid who Played Ball with my Boy

Thank you. I’m not talking to the You who was my student, or the You who is a poet. Right now I’m talking to the You my boy watches at the varsity basketball games. The You who makes effortless three-pointers. The You who smiles and congratulates other players who play well – on your team
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