I just wanted to take a minute to let all of you know that I am, in fact, still here.  I'm finding it so hard to even put into words why I'm finding it so hard to put words on this blog, if that makes any sense.  Yvonne of Joy Unexpected wrote a beautiful post two days ago about her own writer's block, and I read through it while nodding my head and thinking to myself yes, YES.  So, I decided to just sit down, start writing, and see what comes out. Ryan's final grades for all his classes were all A's. Nathan's final grades were a B+ in math (a B PLUS! for my math-learning-disabled son!) and all A's in everything else.  We went for our traditional end-of-the-school-year ice cream cones to celebrate.  Whether it was just being a year older and more mature, or the fact that his teacher was Bill Cecil, the Michigan Teacher of the Year for 2003-2004.  Chris and I are both positive that having Mr. Cecil as his teacher completed changed Nathan's attitude about school. Nathan … [Read more...]