Several year ago, I remember sitting at the kitchen table helping my then third-grade daughter with her Everyday Math homework. While this isn’t a blog to discuss my opinions about the Everyday Math curriculum, I remember wanting to pull my hair out in frustration as I sat and stared at the lattice grid that reminded me of a Punnett Square of tenth-grade biology class. Once we worked through a few problems, I still sat scratching my head in bewilderment. I was trying to find

It is good to be back! While I have missed writing our blogs and connecting with you through my writing the last few months, I have been busy doing some design work and other creative marketing and research for Sanctuary that I am passionate about. I thought I would take this first blog in my series to check in. I hope all of you are enjoying your summer. It is by far my favorite season and I have been trying to take advantage of all the opportunities that summer has to offer

It’s summer, so naturally my thoughts are turning towards vacation. I don’t have one coming up for about six weeks. Yikes! I did just have a long weekend, though. None of us would dispute that taking a vacation-type break occasionally is good for us. Most people come back from this kind of break feeling energized, ready to tackle their jobs with renewed passion and vigor. There really aren’t many downsides to vacations. However, thinking about taking a break had me thinking a