Volunteering in Schools – I’ve Done It All (Including Nothing At All)

This post is part of a Back To School Blog Series sponsored by Volunteer Spot. Bloggers across the internet are writing on the theme “In all types and ways, I support my school....

What Do You Think When I Say “PTA?”

Everyone seems to have an opinion, a story, or at the very least a reaction to the phrase “PTA.”  I know I’ve been sounding off via Twitter and a few blog post mentions...

Fit to Print

edited to add:  OH NO!  I don’t want this post to scare anyone away from joining PTA!  Do it!  They NEED you!  I’m just at a school where (a) I’m on the board, not a...

Our Family Calendar

Sometimes I think I should only approach our family calendar with an inhaler close at hand.  The patchwork of places to be and times to be there scrawled across 30-odd tiny boxes often...

12 Inches to Locks of Love

My 10yo daughter (11 on Monday!) has been growing out her hair for the past two years in order to donate to Locks of Love.  She’s had a few friends who have done it, and she...

Gently Humbled

I wrote my last post just a few minutes before I had to leave for a busy morning.  If I had taken a few more minutes to gather myself and some positive mental energy before venting on my...

What's That About Gluttons and Punishment?

I said I would help chaperone the elementary choir’s trip to sing at a nursing home this morning.  I’ll be bringing my toddler Eli.  He has just started this lovely trick of...

If You Like Sanity, This One's For You

Here is something I did that provided me 27 minutes of sanity during a recent 3 1/2 HOUR LONG meeting at the elementary school.  With my toddler.  (your sympathetic sighs are very...