Dear stranger next to us at the rodeo, When my son came up to you and grabbed your arm, you didn’t know he used to be terrified of people. When he talked to you about the bulls, you didn’t know he was diagnosed with a language disorder. When he jumped in your lap and laughed […]

She discovered what determines whether you’re born male or female—then history erased her name from the textbooks. Meet Nettie Stevens. A name you should know, but probably don’t. In 1905, in a cramped laboratory at Bryn Mawr College, Nettie Stevens peered through her microscope at mealworm cells and saw something no human had ever seen […]

With our car full of boxes and our hearts full of mixed emotions, we left behind the place we once called home. Twelve hours later, we arrived in Nashville, Tennessee — ready to begin a brand-new chapter filled with hope and possibility. (Link Below)

Today I want to share something that reminded me why showing up with heart matters more than anything else we do. The call came during second period: “Can you come down to Room 12? One of the eighth graders is refusing to take off his hat.” When I got to my office, it was Jaden. […]

She survived Auschwitz at 19—then spent 80 years teaching children how to remember without breaking. September 8, 1925. Łódź, Poland. A girl is born to a Jewish family and named Izabella Rubinstein. Her childhood is ordinary, filled with school, family, and the vibrant Jewish culture of pre-war Poland. Then everything ends. By her teenage years, […]