by Michelle DeGraw | Mar 3, 2011 | for Mind
And while they did indeed live happily ever after; the point, gentlemen, is that they lived. This quote from the Cinderella-esque movie, Ever After, is one of the best movie quotes of all time, in my opinion. It is so profound and applicable. Today I watched this...
by Janiel Miller | Feb 10, 2011 | for Mind
When I create my world, chocolate will be dietetic, the seasons will be: three months of fall, four months of spring, one month of winter (December), and four months of enough money to travel around the world and hit whatever season I want. Also, there will be no PMS,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 6, 2011 | for Love, for Mind
When Jessica was five, I bundled up two-year-old Belinda and the stroller and the diaper bag and some snacks and my wallet and my keys and headed to Sandpiper Shores Elementary for the Kindergarten Circus! The only thing in the house I didn't pack, was the camera. We...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 27, 2011 | for Mind
When it comes to school stuff, I'm not a huge supporter. With all the resources and infrastructure, our schools could be second-to-none. But with all the competing interests and egos—not to mention billions of dollars—they've become a hodge podge of half-baked ideas,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 25, 2011 | for Mind
I put school science fairs right up there with the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. More often than not, it's a competition between parents. But done right—which might mean allowing your children to do the work (and the learning) themselves—there is no better way to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 18, 2011 | for Mind, Lifestyle Design
In a perfect world, this post would have been published on January 1. But it's not. And it wasn't. I can say, however, that I've been working on this year's resolutions using my goal setting system since New Year's Day. It's a process that takes some time and...