I've been going back and forth on how to set up various posts for about two weeks now...wanting to cover so much material that I have to tell myself to "slow down" because I have so many ideas. One topic that is important to me for a variety of reasons is communication. I communicate with a lot of people on a daily basis...my husband, my … [Read more...]

Friday was a heck of a day for me. I was walking down the hallway to the classroom I teach in, and one of my students met me at our classroom door. "Mrs. Hoekstra, you'll never believe what I did!" she said with such excitement on her face. I smiled, "Oh no...something bad?" And she looked at me and what she said next nearly brought me to … [Read more...]

Have you ever read something, heard something and thought, "I want to know more..." I know I have...many times. I think it is because I feel like an eternal student, always wanting to know more or wanting to be part of a conversation that is taking place---you know, like the general conversation in a topic or something related to that … [Read more...]