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...
by Caroline Crocker | Jan 25, 2024 | Being a woman, Family
A Mom’s Cry “Hey Mom, what do you want for your birthday?” Who has heard this question and been tempted to answer this way: Maybe a moment of peace? A long bath while ALONE in the bathroom? To only have to dress one body in the morning? Motherhood is Hard My...
by Caroline Crocker | Jan 21, 2024 | Bible, Faith
A Great Conference Many years ago, I went to a conference in the often not-so-sunny Vancouver called God’s Word Written. The topic was the “truthfulness, dependability, and power of the Bible.” I figured I probably wouldn’t hear anything new, but that it’d just...
