Yesterday was Jordan's last day of high school. He took his last exam and will graduate next Thursday night. Like all the other social media hounds, I wanted to commemorate the day with a photograph, maybe even pair it with a photo of when he first started 3K. All week long, I thought…
Dear Jonathan Martin, I met you last summer, in Charlotte, at a book signing. I brought with me my husband and my copy of Prototype, so I could show you all the ways I talked back to you as I read because I felt so energized by someone who valued the words of Annie…
We were reading The Scarlet Letter just as I have done in my 11th grade classes for 20 years now. Maybe at the point of recognition, we were actually discussing chapters 5 - 7 in anticipation of reading chapter 8 together. I always read chapter 8 with them because I love it.…
Last Wednesday night, I stayed up until around 1:30 am to watch the Chicago Cubs win the World Series - a feat I don't often attempt as my normal waking time is 5:15. There was no way I was going to miss that moment, though. I drifted off a couple of times in the middle…
The other night I was reading a book or checking out Facebook posts as I stretched across my bed when I heard a familiar tune - the synthesized notes of the 1980s laced with a soft cornet, a sound so familiar that it triggered immediate images of idyllic New England autumns and quirky American characters. Newhart.…
This post has weighed heavily on my heart for months now, maybe longer, but some words spoken this summer have propelled me to write. When I heard a certain set of words this summer, I wanted to speak out immediately; I wanted to rail and indict, but my 17-year-old son urged me to cool…
I am exhausted, and I am disappointed. I understand being angry and feeling cheated, misunderstood. But I don't understand why people react in anger. Wait, yes I do. I react in anger all the time. And when I say something horrid, it almost always comes as a sudden blurt, an unexpected eruption, and even…
I don't know how girls wear headbands all the time. My headband today has irritated my forehead and given me a headache. Besides, the headband makes my head itch, too. My hair is really too flat to wear a headband for too long anyway. I need some kind of hair accessory that fluffs…
My last morning in Massachusetts – Thursday, July 28 We had one last stop to make – the home of John Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts - so that meant we drove north a few miles from Plymouth after we partook of a healthy breakfast at Dunkin Donuts (I’m telling you – they are everywhere in…
Downtown Boston – Wednesday, July 27 A few years ago, when we took the family to Washington, DC, we toured the city on a trolley that took us all around the city very easily. We hopped on and hopped off as we wanted, and when we finished with one landmark, another trolley was there to…
Kristie Camp 