Mom and Dad with some of their grandchildren in August, 2015 When I started this blog, I said it wouldn’t be just about teaching. Life has thrown a lot at me these last few years, and some of those lessons are worth sharing too. In 2019, I lost my dad. Then in 2021, my mom passed away. Losing both parents so close together completely shook my family. Mom and Dad We had always been close— really  close. Holidays, birthdays, random weeknights… we all somehow ended up at Mom and