by Lisa Maples | May 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thank you to Ruth Ayers for providing a space to link our celebrations at www.ruthayerswrites.com. Psalms 92:4 “For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.” NIV Today I am celebrating life: Specifically, the...
by Lisa Maples | May 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Early on a recent Saturday afternoon, I plugged up the electric hedge trimmers and headed out to manicure four green bushes by our house. I couldn’t stand how overgrown they had gotten. They were a mess. There was a Knockout Rose bush right in the middle line...
by Lisa Maples | Apr 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
And just like that… it was time to watch my children finish one grade and launch into the next. Only this time, my oldest child was going to high school. The youngest will be finishing elementary school next year. Last week, my oldest child, my husband...
by Lisa Maples | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Did you ever stop and think? This question was posed to my class today. After reading a poem about the Earth and how humans have negatively affected the Earth, a child intently asked us, “Did you ever stop and think about what we are doing?” This moment...
by Lisa Maples | Mar 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Drama in Middle School is a given. Hard working, dedicated, expressive, amazing students in Honors Drama, put “drama” in a category of Art! I am celebrating some amazing middle school students and their Drama performance at the state Theater Conference....
