My absolute toughest student came into school yesterday, gave me a hug, and said “Miss R, I love you because you hug me even when I’m being bad and you let me hug you as long as I need.” He has such a tough home life and I worry about him so much. It made my entire week to know that he feels safe and happy in school…

My dad killed himself 4 years ago. I cannot imagine trying to prepare yourself for the birth of your daughter right now. Make sure your doctors all know what’s happened and say yes to any help anyone offer. Take care of yourself as much as you can. Don’t push yourself to do too much or try to be perfect, just focus on…

When my dad died we had a huge Irish wake following the funeral service. My sisters and I Irish danced growing up so we had all the girls we danced with perform, all the dads and brothers from dance in kilts, a keg of Guiness, the whole bit. After the dancing died down, my sister and some of her friends were hanging…