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Jennifer Wolfe February 8, 2017 4 Comments

What I Can Do Right Now: Spread Love

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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

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness […]

Jennifer Wolfe November 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

For All The Little Girls Who Are Watching This Election

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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

For all the little girls who are watching this election, My 20 year-old daughter voted in her first election this year. She’s practicing ‘adulting’ – she learned how to register, how to complete her ballot and vote early. She grew up in house with vocal, political parents but in her own quiet way, she listened […]

Jennifer Wolfe June 13, 2016 2 Comments

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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 couldn’t get out of bed this morning. It wasn’t because it’s my first official day of vacation, or because I stayed up too late last night – my days of all nighters are long gone, to be sure. The air was cool, the mockingbirds were announcing the dawn, and I knew my children were […]

Jennifer Wolfe January 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

What Can President Obama’s Inaugural Address Teach America’s Children?

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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 watched President Obama’s inauguration, on the birth date of Martin Luther King, Jr., with a delicious sense of happiness. Parents, educators and American citizens easily make the connection between the two leaders; I began to think about how Obama’s inaugural speech’s messages will leave the same lasting impact on our children as did MLK, […]

Jennifer Wolfe January 19, 2013 6 Comments

Warriors, Quiet Wonders and Gun Reform

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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

“Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.” – Charles de Lint Quiet wonders…when do you feel like one of those? Or are you more the warrior in life, fighting every battle? After this week’s announcement of the White Houses’s gun reform plan, it makes me think that we need […]