Five Minute Friday: Deep Breath

(This is from Lisa-Jo, Gypsy Mama’s website– the Five Minute Friday Writing Prompt. I love it, because today five minutes is about all I’ve got!): “So, here’s the skinny: I’ve been thinking about writing and how often our perfectionism gets in...

Losing our Imaginations?

My fourth grader told me that much of the conversation around the lunch table has to do with video games. Really?? Is that ALL that 4th grade boys can talk about?  The conversation of a fourth grader really ought to be full of  fourth grade stuff, it ought to be...