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The Nest
I saw her this morning and froze with excitement. She wasn’t resting but scoping her surroundings and precipitously moving her head from left to right. Her puffed out chest summoned the time was near. I’m already on to her decision. After all these years, she will settled for the ledge on the back deck where…
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Stealing Kisses
I wrote this years ago when my babies were babies… When the moon shines high through the big bay window, I climb into your bed and move a pillow. Your arms are stretched high above your head with warm rosy cheeks you sigh in your bed. I see you lying perfectly still after your day…
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When the Sun Shines
When the sun shines, Hope bursts out the front door with glee. When the sun shines, Happiness returns from hibernation and greets others from a distance. When the sun shines, Stress slides off the backs of the overburdened and overdressed. When the sun shines, Anticipation joins the party to linger. When the sun shines, Giddiness…
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Equity and Equality
As educators, we’ve all seen the picture with the family watching the baseball game behind the fence and standing on crates high enough where everyone can see. Equality is giving everyone the same thing and promoting fairness while equity is giving everyone what they need in order to be successful. Last year, I used this…
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It’s Not a Generational Thing
The boredom has set in; the honeymoon may very well be over. Today, marks one week of no school (and Day 13 of our family’s quarantine). Each week, there seems to be a new norm we all have to find the courage to adapt to and this week, our Governor of Wisconsin has suspended all…
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The Big Blue Truck
This morning, my husband and I found real purpose to wake before the sun since it’s garbage day. He rolled out of bed and then rolled the blue blue garbage bin in the dark, to its home, at the end of the driveway awaiting pick up from the Big Blue Truck. Even though there have…
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Wide Open Spaces
Breathing the fresh, spring air with no one around to share or cross contaminate. Friendly neighbors spaced out by 5 acres offer a wave from afar. Walking the gravel road in silence and peace to witness the nightly sunset. Recreating a good ole fashioned Wisconsin fish fry from fish caught this week on an empty,…
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It’s a Gamble
Today, the news reported Kenny Rogers passed away. It’s strange how one name can spark such a memory like wildfire. A memory I haven’t thought about in years, but helps track and define who I am today. I was brought back to one classroom, in my hometown in middle school where I felt my best…
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No Bored Games
Games! Games! Games! Jeopardy weekdays at 4:00 for the entire family. Solitare during math games for my first grader. Today, as part of his independent learning time (that’s code for “I’m tired and you can study what you want!”), my son made a Kahoot game using NBA facts he’s stored in his brain over the…
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Imagine
After 9/11, I wrote for weeks in my journal about the uncertainty our nation was feeling, what I was feeling. In the last 19 years, I have gone back to those journals several times and relived the angst, the fear, but also the connectedness of the American people. Today, I tweaked my son’s writing homework…
Jennifer Wood Laird 