Attacked In My Yard
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 up...
Lisa Maples | May 4, 2016 | 0 Comments
And just like that…
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...
Lisa Maples | Apr 30, 2016 | 3 Comments
Did you ever stop and think?
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 was...
Lisa Maples | Apr 19, 2016 | 0 Comments
Drama
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. Thanks...
Lisa Maples | Mar 19, 2016 | 0 Comments
Sitting and Spinning
Dizziness. It’s a bad place. It’s a place filled with “what if” and “when will it stop?” moments. For the last few days, I developed a dizziness accompanied with nausea right on the heels of a sinus infection and a throw up virus. So today, the world became...
Lisa Maples | Mar 16, 2016 | 0 Comments
Food, Family, Faith and Perseverance
Tonight as I was cooking dinner, I snacked on raw broccoli. The smell of it sent me back decades ago when my mother would cut up raw cabbage to snack on while she was cooking dinner. Suddenly, I remembered those moments of the brisk and flavorful raw cabbage...
Lisa Maples | Mar 9, 2016 | 0 Comments
Receiving Mercy and Finding Grace
Today I boldly walked into an office at my school to speak with three Administrators. I wanted to tell them how I had solved a problem which had made less work for them. They were all so pleased with my solution. On other days, I have walked into their offices...
Lisa Maples | Jan 8, 2016 | 0 Comments
