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Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number?

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

I was skimming Facebook today- because I’m on vacation and that’s what you do when you don’t have to wake up to an alarm, right? Sitting in my daughter’s college apartment, I saw a post from a mom who was at the beach with her three young children. It was a shot like many I take […]

Jennifer Wolfe December 31, 2016 1 Comment

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

Even when I can’t find the time/inspiration/concentration to write, I try to always pay attention to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life. I used to print out all my photos, hand write captions in photo albums and stick the images onto the pages, gently smoothing back the plastic to protect the memories […]

Jennifer Wolfe July 7, 2016 4 Comments

Aren’t You Tired Of Seeing People Die?

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

White America, aren’t you tired of seeing people die? I made a mistake of watching the news today. I tuned in to see the first videos released of Alton Sterling being put to the ground and shot to death I made a mistake of watching the news to see his widow behind a podium speaking […]

Jennifer Wolfe April 25, 2016 9 Comments

Being Reminded Of Life’s Other Half

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

Last weekend we remembered and rejoiced the life of a young man who died in an avalanche last winter. His tragic passing rattled any sense of security I was feeling about my own children on the mountain, out doing what they love and the possibility… There, under the spectacular azure sky painted with swirling clouds, […]

Jennifer Wolfe April 22, 2016 8 Comments

In Our Most Ordinary Days

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

In our most ordinary days we have moments of happiness, moments of comfort and enjoyment, moments of seeing something that pleased us, something that touched us, moments of contacting the tenderness of our hearts. We can take joy in that. I find that it’s essential during the day to actually note when I feel happiness […]