I learned to keep this plant alive during quarantine I can’t say that I picked up any “hobbies” during quarantine, but one thing I was able to keep alive was a plant that my mom gave me. In the past, my mother has been persistent in gifting plants and they have all had a failed […]
Dark Flowers
Hiya everyone, I hope everyone is having a great Easter weekend. Since we can’t go, physically go to church this year, Micah and I have been virtually tuning in. It isn’t the same. Today I decided to dress up a little more than usual, just to make “going to church,” more special. So I wore […]
Small Pony
I’m excited to tell you all that I can finally pin my hair back into a small pony tail. Epic! I last cut my hair in February and since then it’s grown. Not for the human to clearly see, but I can feel the change. Happy Holy Thursday! I hope you are filled with the […]
Kickin these blues
Spring break vacation is coming to a close, but we aren’t returning to the traditional way of learning. The classroom I once knew isn’t going to exist this spring and that suddenly fills me some anxiety. I trust our school officials and leaders with the fate of student learning in this new way, but I […]
Staying in
Yesterday, the governor of Kansas notified the state that schools would be closed down for the remainder of the school year. It’s a fate we are all very uncertain about, especially educators, who feel heartbroken over the class of 2020. Yes, learning will still be going on, but it’s going to look different. How so? […]
In the name of Spring
I’m pretty sure I jinxed several things this week, one includes the possibility that spring was here. Today I woke up on break, but sadden with the fact that most of my time off will be spent in either rain or 40 degree weather. It’s a bummer. I wanted to feel the warmth on my […]
La Almudena
Good evening fine people. Just when I thought I had some consistency on Always Aley, life is here, looming. Well as many of you might know from my first newsletter, I’m no longer in Oklahoma, my new job takes me to Wichita and the excitement of seeing what the year will bring is truly something […]
Faith Full
With the long weekend in full effect it’s easy to want instant gratification because we’ve worked hard and we need a break. With this comes the need to ignore how truly blessed we are, it happened to me in Rome. I was in awe by the trip I was in and the things that I […]
Sighting Paris
To end our time in Paris, Micah and I strolled through the city and saw as much as we could. We took it as a “we came, we saw, we conquered” type of vibe. And it was fun. Obviously there were places we stopped a little bit longer to fully admire, but we enjoyed more […]
Self love; Not giving up
It’s 11 p.m. and I should be asleep, but for the past few weeks I’ve had a sick stomach. It’s an indescribable feeling, yet I’m for certain we’ve all been there. We’ve felt like the weight of the world is on our shoulders. Like we can’t breathe. Like our heads are being pounded on. Like […]