Monthly Archives: June 2026
FMM 6 19 2026 Words Misspoken
‘In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. I learned to read quite early, although I cannot tell you at what age. When I went to school in England, the way of teaching reading and writing was by the phonics […]
FMM 6 12 2026 No Catastrophizing Necessary
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. When I switched careers (somewhat) after the age of 50, I learned something very important: you cannot teach what you do not know. My first career (first love) was nursing, and I […]
FMM 6 5 2026 Watch me!
“Children should have enough freedom to be themselves – once they’ve learned the rules.” ~ Anna Quindlen. I always knew I wanted to have kids, to have a large family. I had grown up as the youngest of five, then six (my informally adopted older sister came to live with us when she was seventeen), […]