For my students: Embrace the NOW
It's another snow day today. I am not sure how I feel about it because it seems as if winter is demanding one last hoorah after letting us off the hook for much of this winter. I am trying to embrace it and waiting for my daughter to come down the stairs so we can go do something silly. One of my favorite things to do on a snow day is to go through the numbers on my phone, and send texts to people who I haven't talked to in a while, just simple little notes to let them know why they are so important to me. I figure it takes about a minute to do and maybe someone might need a little reminder of why they matter to someone. If you have never done this, you really should! It is actually as much for me as for the person I am texting. As I was sending a few messages yesterday, I realized that my first batch of junior students are preparing to graduate college this year. I still am in touch with many of these students. They were my first victims. I am not exactly sure what we