The sixth grade class had finished their assignment on the computers in the media center and had been instructed to sit and read until time to leave. For many middle schoolers, this means sitting with your book open and pretending to read while whispering to your friend. However, one young lady was sitting… Continue reading Welcome to LaLa Land
Author: maflake
I am a retired middle school media specialist, a writer, a wife and mother, a runner, a reader, a gardener and a seeker of God. I live in an antebellum home in Northwest Georgia with my husband.
Thank-you, Vern Peterson
Thank-you, Vern Peterson, for a gift you gave me 34 years ago. It was the summer of 1980, and I was at home in Greensboro after spending a semester in Venice, Italy. I was going into my senior year at Wake Forest and I was floundering. Vern was the youth minister at First Baptist… Continue reading Thank-you, Vern Peterson
The Post Christmas Blahs
I have the post-Christmas blahs. I'm not talking the 'sit in the corner and cry' type of depression or the 'stay in bed with the covers over your head' kind - I just have the lethargy that comes when it is cold and wet and dreary and the excitement of getting ready for the big… Continue reading The Post Christmas Blahs
The Margin Project by Jen Malone
Great library idea!!
Do You Hear What I Hear?
How to make Christmas meaningful? That has been our discussion in Sunday School these past few weeks and one that I struggle with each year. Christmas is a challenge when you have grown up in the church, when every year you have heard the same story about the baby in the manger, the shepherds and… Continue reading Do You Hear What I Hear?
Under the Magnolia Tree 