Heather is a Rochester native but considers herself a "country mouse" meant for small-town livin'. Her hubby has been her rock and anchor since high school, 1998. Her children Murphy (2010) and Delaney (2016) are her biggest blessings and let's be honest, her biggest challenges. On an average day, she wears a variety of hats: wife, mom, furparent, high school English teacher, friend, coach, homebrewer/beer snob, music enthusiast, bookworm, Potterhead, Disnerd, Parrothead, coffee junky and more. She is food-motivated, but nothing brings her peace like listening to the waves lap the North Shore, couch cuddles, or sitting in her PJs playing games with friends.
Here, in no particular order, are 10 lessons my daughter has taught me during the pandemic that help me be better, live better, and leave those invitations to Grumpy Town...
Little did I know then that our Pitbarrel smoker would be quite a life-changer for my family. We’ve experienced a lot of positives that I want to share. ...
Let me give it to you straight, just like I do my students: I’m a teacher in mourning. I’ve experienced so much grief in the last few weeks and absolutely...
I tested out of grammar units with little preparation. By eighth grade graduation, I knew what I wanted to be: not just any teacher, but an English teacher....
The music our children have grown up on isn’t always “school appropriate,” so to speak. We’ve had really important conversations about how artists write lyrics as a form of personal...