by Kimberlee Morrison | Jun 8, 2011 | My Life, Parenting
This isn’t a movie review for the movie I’ve never seen with the same title. Instead, its an expression of pride in teh collective parenting my neighbors and I are doing. About a month ago, the Boy came into the house crushed and crying that his friends...
by Kimberlee Morrison | May 16, 2011 | Giving Back, Parenting
Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to Cincinnati to speak to students, oh behalf of the Freedom Writers, about the importance of education and how one choice can have major consequences. I recalled the high academic expectations my mother had for me and how...
by Kimberlee Morrison | May 4, 2011 | My Life
This weekend I saw a friend I haven’t seen in almost 10 years. We reconnected on Facebook and talked about getting together for a few months until, one day she called and she was on her way. Its a good thing we didn’t have any plans. The boys got along...
by Kimberlee Morrison | Apr 27, 2011 | Goal Setting, My Life
Somehow I knew that I was going to have a hard time focusing when I went to yoga yesterday. I need to do laundry and I was wearing these shorts that are fine in the house, but otherwise make me feel really exposed. The class is heated anyway and it was either wear the...
by Kimberlee Morrison | Apr 20, 2011 | Love, My Life
That doesn’t mean I stop trying to plan. The plans are always loose, and I really subscribe to the plan-as-you-go philosophy, in life as much as business. But that doesn’t mean when things don’t go the way I had hoped or expected them to go, that I...
by Kimberlee Morrison | Apr 4, 2011 | My Life, Politics
Last week the Freedom Writers Foundation hosted an event for educators (and education students) at the University of La Verne. While there was much talk about connecting with students and diversity awareness, there was another common thread: educators feel like they...
