Come Fall 2018, I’ll be looking for a new name for this blog. Yesterday morning, as I was working on prepping my summer school course, the e-mail that I had been waiting for all year arrived: a link to the Provost’s decision letter, making my tenure and promotion a reality. It has been a journey. […]
Month: May 2018
The Gift of the Present
It’s the end of another semester and the end of another school year. Tuesday was a great day at our university commencement. With joy and pride, I was able to celebrate (alongside family, friends, fellow faculty and students) the accomplishments of my former credential, masters and doctoral students as they crossed the stage in a […]
The Complexities of Mothers Day
Happy Mothers Day! Now that the simple is over, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the complexities of Mothers Day for so many of us, including me. I know others have done this, probably more eloquently than I have, but hey, it’s ostensibly my day, and my husband has taken our children […]
It’s Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon
Some wise, more senior colleague once told me that an academic career is not a sprint, but a marathon. Yesterday, I finished my 3rd OC Half Marathon (running as part of Team World Vision) and my 8th half marathon overall, and never have the meaning of these words been more real for me. It was […]