It's been a minute...

This seems to be a theme...this whole, "It's been a minute" thing.  A great deal has happened since my last blog post.  I know; it has been OVER a year since my last post.  In many people's lives, a great deal does, in fact, happen over the course of a year.  Please, I beg, cut me some slack.  You see, my last post was a wrap-up to the school year preceding the one which ended in May.  Less than a month after that post, I found out I was pregnant...with TWINS.  I did not have the easiest of pregnancies, which accounts for the first semester of this most recent academic year.  In addition to that, they decided to make a dramatic entrance into the world (eleven weeks early), wrapping up that semester.  Needless to say, I have been a bit distracted since all of this has transpired.  I am, however, excited to dive back into what I believe is my calling...educating and empowering the next generation.  The next school year will begin in a few short weeks;  my beautiful (and VERY healthy) little girls will be in the care of very capable hands; and I will have the opportunity to refocus on the task at hand:  preparing a generation to be a knowledgeable, civic-minded, and productive group.