Stephanie Jankowski's Blog, page 20
March 29, 2016
Me, Too
You feel not good enough Like all of your kids’ bad traits come from yourside And you’re nowhere near as patient as you should be, showing more restraint with strangersthan with your own family. Me, too. When your harshtone is repeated back to you, and you feel like the biggest failure to ever fail, but […]
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March 25, 2016
I’m a Butt Paste Mom
You see this little nugget? She’s about to turn the big 0-2. I have mixed emotions about this milestone. Technically, she hasn’tbeen a baby for the past year but mind your own business, BabyCenter, with your emails telling me she’s a toddlerabout to embark uponthe Terrible Twos. Who asked you anyway?! Ahem. As I was […]
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March 23, 2016
Free Cookies & Other Uphill Battles
I’m at a corner table in the coffee shop I frequent every Wednesday when, without a word, the gracious owner placesa fresh-out-of-the-oven cookie next to my laptop. She waits with expectant eyes, proud of her confection, willing me to take a bite. The delectable aromaof hot chocolate chips wafts up to my nose and instantly, […]
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March 20, 2016
Steaming is the New Mattress
I remember the day I got my first ball glove. The smell of leather made me feel like a Major Leaguer, and I attributed the fact that I could out-throw most of the boys to ThatGlove. To break it in, I lathered the palm in baby oil, then closed it around aball, securing it under […]
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March 17, 2016
Fueling Education
Raise your hand if you know teachers who spend their own money onclassroom stuffs. That’s a rhetorical question, you guys. EVERYONE knows a teacher who forks over cash money for extra pencils, classroom decor, or to supplement their lesson plans. The average teacher actually spends, like, $500 out of pocket every year! I’m having a […]
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March 16, 2016
My Afternoon with the First Lady
As a memberof thePOPSUGAR Select network, and by the grace of baby Jesus, I was one of about 150 writers invited to the White House to participate in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move event. Upon receiving the invitation, my Type A flared up and I initially declined. Too much to do, too many people […]
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March 10, 2016
The Road to the White House is Paved with YESes
If we live within five miles of one another, perhaps you heard a sound reminiscent ofpigssquealing in delight coming from my house late Tuesday evening, as it was then that I formally accepted an invitation to the White House. I may have freaked the freak out just a little, but I think it was warranted. […]
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March 7, 2016
Listen to Your Mother Pittsburgh tickets on sale now!
Friday, May 6, 2016 8pm Carnegie Lecture Hallin the Carnegie Public Library /Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Me + you + our incredible 2016 cast + about 700 other people =aperfect Friday night With thefirst year under our collective looks-name-brand-but-really-from-T.J. Maxx belts, Listen to Your Mother Pittsburgh is back in action. New […]
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March 1, 2016
The Proof is in the Pages
When I began my career, I embodiedthe perfect trifecta of a promising teacher: tenacious enthusiasm,blind ambition, and bunches and bunches of naivety. That’s what youth affords us: complete oblivion of glass ceilings. Before first-hand experience could taint my fresh face, a fellow English teacher came to me with an incredible idea for a collaborative project. […]
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February 29, 2016
Take Your Students to Peru!
Our neighbor is an elementary school teacher and a few years ago, she told me howshe hadshared a live-streaming of bald eagle eggs hatching in their nest. Without ever leaving their seats, her students sawnature at its best. Those kids probably didn’t realize how lucky they were to witness something so incredible, something the generation […]
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