Last week, Zack had a hematology appointment in Reno and we went for a sushi lunch afterward. Out of all the sushi restaurants in Reno (there are a lot) and the 4 chefs behind the bar, we were seated in front of the dad of a kindergartener I taught in 2005. He recognized me a …
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What’s the word, bird? UP!
Yesterday I had time to reflect on my #oneword2016 - UP. Zack and I were UP in an airplane on our way home from Nashville where I attended the Spring Convening for America Achieves national and Tennessee fellows. Spending minutes, hours and days with some of the most passionate, smartest, most thoughtful and kindest educators in the …
perspective – from the top and from the bottom
I love the challenge that #1every2weeks (1 blog post every 2 weeks) gives me and suddenly realized it's already January 11th so I better get going! Last Monday Zack and I were back at the UC San Francisco Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant clinic for a hematology follow up about Zack's future treatment. The waiting …
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Failing. And landing with my chin up.
Failing and failure has come up a lot lately. Some smart ladies from the #leadupchat tribe taught me the term failing forward. It is brilliant! It means that mistakes I make and errors I stumble through have more meaning than just disappointments and pits in my stomach. Several weeks ago I was in twitter chat defending …
Being Disruptive
For a small bit now, I have been thinking about the idea of instigating disruption and of course, writing a blog about it. It started several weeks ago when eduhero Sanee Bell wrote a powerful blog for LeadUpNow. (LeadUp is a group I am honored to learn from every day.) Shortly after I watched Karen Norton's periscope …
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