I’m a bit of a wordsmith. It’s a disease common to those of us who find great comfort and satisfaction in writing. I love vocabulary. I love words. To me,
“Oh, hey girl, hey! How’s your summer goin? How’s your momma and them? Those grandkids of yours are growin like weeds, hun! Do you have any new pictures of them?”
Overall, parents and teachers want to see students do well socially and academically. Teachers work hard to prepare effective lessons to present to students. Most parents strive to communicate the
Prohibition. The dustbowl. The stock market crash. Hoovervilles. Soup kitchens. Welcome to the world, post WWI. Watch as, by the 30’s, we see the world as we know it end. The crops will fail.
Parents often run into childcare or supervision problems when school is out for breaks. Many children do fine at home keeping themselves busy and out of trouble. Others want or
I’m veganish. All that really means is that I eat vegan at home, which is almost all of the time, since we don’t do much eating out. I do this
The scene is outside of a remote village in Slovenia, in a cave. The time is somewhere between 60,000 & 30,000 years ago. The object we see before us appears
The need for education reform is a consistent topic among communities, educators and policy makers. I happened across a video online that provided statistical information about the overall student performance
When did we as a society stop teaching, learning and demonstrating coping skills? I wish I could say this phenomenon is isolated to children, but sadly it is not. Coping
By Dina Moon
There have been exactly 4 times in my life where I really didn’t think I could survive another day. Have you had those? They’re trying times, frustrating times, even gutwrenching
Even though school is almost out for the summer, students could potentially benefit from continued learning over their summer breaks. In cases where students are behind academically, continued learning over
It seems an eternity ago. And then again, it’s as new as yesterday. At the young age of twenty, I had to say goodbye to my Momma—entirely against my will,
I’m writing this column on this insanely busy Mother’s Day. Sequential visits with our moms meant we were looping back through Forney without a moment to spare. Our plans were
The last day of school is fast approaching. As usual, teachers are exhausted (Students are too) and the last day of school cannot come fast enough. After a brief respite
On Sunday morning, I sat—one person in a crowd of hundreds—amongst the magnificent congregation at First Baptist Church, Forney.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 936, Forney, TX 75126
Physical Address: 201 W. Broad St., Forney, TX 75126
Phone: 972-564-3121
Fax: 972-552-3599