(Note: This was originally published in the November, 2023 DFWChild.com Special Needs Newsletter.) I won’t lie: the chance to write this bimonthly newsletter gives me a little confidence boost. It isn’t because I think my words are particularly fabulous, but […]
(Note: This was originally published in the September 2023 DFWChild Special Needs newsletter.) I have measured all but seven of my 45 trips around the sun in “school years.” Whether it’s been as a student, teacher and/or parent, most years […]
(Note: This was originally published in the July 2023 DFWChild Special Needs Newsletter.) This month’s newsletter is brought to you by the letter B – as in “Plan B” and “best-laid plans.” Plan A was that this would be a […]
In my former life, I taught high school English. On my best days, I inspired teens to ponder the complexities of Hamlet and embrace The Great Gatsby. On my worst, I toiled fruitlessly to teach them to master comma placement […]
*This post was originally published on May 5, 2015 on lisa-roberts.net. What follows is dated in terms of details about me, but the advice is TIMELESS!* It’s almost May, which in high schools across Texas means the final testing push. […]
From the beginning of this blog, I wanted to have a balance of heaviness and easiness. The blog’s called Grief Nachos, after all – the title itself tells you its a juxtaposition of things terrible and wonderful. Accordingly, I knew […]
I’ll confess: I’ve started this post at least five times over the past 13 months. Usually? It’s been on a Monday. Why? Well there’s a decent chance if you are a woman reading this, you have said this to yourself […]
What. A. Year. I never would have imagined that I would go almost a year between blog posts. In fact, I have a draft of a post about weigh loss* that I was going to publish when the kids went […]
It wasn’t that long ago after Luke was diagnosed with autism that a pastor visited with me over the phone. We weren’t especially close – I suspect someone told him about what we were going through, and he showed great […]
My very first post on this blog was a little over six months ago, and to put it mildly, I expected my posts would be much more frequent. The ideas were flowing like crazy. They still do, really, on a […]