by Caroline Crocker | Feb 2, 2024 | Faith, Family, Teaching
Her Daddy is Amazing! Many years ago, my 3-year-old granddaughter, Megan, came into the living room, announcing that she is carrying the doll stroller because she is very strong. I asked her if it was heavy, and she easily confessed that it isn’t. Since...
by Caroline Crocker | Jan 31, 2024 | Bible, Faith
Contradiction in Police Reports Have you ever been in a car wreck? If so, the incident probably stands out in your memory as if it happened yesterday. My first accident occurred just after I’d dropped my eldest children off at school. I was taking the youngest to...
by Caroline Crocker | Jan 29, 2024 | Faith, Family, My books
World War II and Me My Birth Family I’m the granddaughter of a half-Jewish woman whose nieces, nephew, and sister-in-law were killed upon arrival in Auschwitz. Her brother, my great uncle, survived Auschwitz, but only just. This grandmother’s Jewish fiancé...
by Caroline Crocker | Jan 28, 2024 | Science, Teaching
Frustration! My student blew out a breath. “Well, they look square to me!” We’d been discussing the shape of the onion cells (they’re elongated). As an experienced teacher, I noticed the incorrect notation in her lab write-up and suspected that she had not...
by Caroline Crocker | Jan 26, 2024 | Family, Teaching
My Sweet Rebel After adjusting my wailing baby’s cover to keep the drizzle off his clothing, I continued pushing the stroller up the road. My toddler was running on ahead, as she often did. “Cathy, stay away from the curb!” “It okay, Mommy. I not fall.” I ground my...
