Yesterday was the 243rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps, and tomorrow is Veterans Day. Flags are at half mast, and Monday is a national holiday. On Friday, the kids of Gramercy Christian School, as well as most of the towns of Newport and Morehead City, NC, stood on the side of Highway 70 […]
I am an educator, not a politician. I am a teacher and a taxpayer, and more importantly, a mother, which is why I am awake at 3 AM thinking about nations. Yesterday, in what felt like a rite of passage, I took my eldest son, who recently turned 18 years old, to the polls to […]
As a Christian educator, I am acutely aware of the importance of making certain that the next generation has been taught not only the fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic, but also the truth of the Bible and the life-altering attributes of God. As both a teacher and an administrator, I feel a pressing responsibility […]
I am sitting on my front porch, heavy sighing over yet another day of missed school due to inclement weather, and I’m attempting to remind my soul to be still. We have barely shaken off the sadness and stress of Hurricane Florence, and I feel our community’s collective distress over even the whisper of more […]
Horizons are interesting. There is always such a clear-cut line between ocean and sky. As I sit here on the edge of Hurricane Florence, however, I find that the line between the storm and a state of normalcy is much more blurry. We have been out of school for 10 days and will miss another […]
It’s hard to believe a scene so stunning can follow a storm so savage, but God gives us hope. In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, we are all trying to catch our collective breath and make sense of what has transpired. We will be telling our stories, grieving our losses, and rebuilding our lives for […]
At Gramercy this year, our theme verse is from Proverbs 4:23, which says, “Above all else, guard your heart from out of it flows everything you do.” We chose this verse in part because we recognize that, as a Christian school, we run the risk of becoming overly focused on simple behavior modification, forgetting that the religion Jesus taught […]
“Arrows are not meant for décor; they are meant for battle.” Erwin McManus For many years now I have considered Psalm 127 a guidepost for parenting. This Psalm reads, “Unless the Lord builds the house its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord keeps watch over the city, the watchmen guard in vain.” As a young mom, this verse […]
At 3:30 am this morning, I awoke with this horrible thought: it is the middle of July! If you’re a mom or dad of school-aged children, then you already know where I’m going with this, and it’s probably perfectly clear to you why I awoke in a semi-panic. Summer is half over. The summer that […]
School is almost over and honestly, it can’t come quickly enough! Teachers are wilting before my very eyes. Parents look exhausted and slightly terrified. Students appear to have fallen victim to a zombie apocalypse. Furthermore, I’m not sure who that woman in the mirror is, but it can’t be me! For the first time in […]