The Last First Day
I went to my son’s school tonight. This isn’t something that is abnormal. I’m there all the time. But tonight I went to help kindergarten...
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Lindsey Acton
- May 24
- 10 min
Chapter 14: My Son's First Lockdown Drill
On August 4, 2019, I sent my only baby to preschool. That morning, I woke him up, I picked out his clothes, I packed his lunch, and I...
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Lindsey Acton
- Dec 29, 2021
- 7 min
Reflections on Leaving the Classroom: One Semester Down
For the first time in my adult life, I am sitting in my house during the last week of December having not just finished a teaching...
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Lindsey Acton
- Nov 21, 2021
- 6 min
Empty Couch Cushions
About a year ago, well nine months ago, but it feels like a year, I wrote about how to love a family with cancer. We had just become “a...
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Lindsey Acton
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Heart-Centered Classroom Management (Behavior Flip)
https://blog.behaviorflip.com/heart-centered-classroom-management/
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Lindsey Acton
- Aug 16, 2021
- 5 min
Leaning In
For 15 years and some change—15 days’ worth of change, to be exact, I have had the best job in the world. I am a teacher. And for almost...
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Lindsey Acton
- Aug 1, 2021
- 4 min
When He Walks Away
Dear Mama, I hear you’re sending your baby to Kindergarten. A real school. With a principal and teachers and book rental fees and the...
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Lindsey Acton
- May 20, 2021
- 6 min
Normal Things
I sliced an onion the other night. And it made me cry. Onions usually make me cry, but this one made me cry for a different reason. You...
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Lindsey Acton
- May 3, 2021
- 5 min
The Asking
As we begin Teacher Appreciation Week in what has felt like the longest, hardest school year in human history, I think it is important to...
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Lindsey Acton
- Apr 20, 2021
- 7 min
How to Drive out Darkness
Today is Tuesday, April 20. It is the 14th anniversary of the day that changed my life forever. It is the anniversary of the day that I...
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Lindsey Acton
- Apr 15, 2021
- 6 min
The Dichotomy of Cancer
I am tired today. Like, really tired. The kind of tired that you can feel in your bones, the kind that feels like all the fight has been...
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Lindsey Acton
- Apr 5, 2021
- 8 min
You are Meant to do Some Things Alone...
I’ve been trying to write for three weeks. Each time, I think, “I need a topic,” and then I let that thought fall away, claiming the...
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Lindsey Acton
- Mar 4, 2021
- 6 min
Winter is Here
Three weeks ago, there were ten inches of snow on the ground, and for days, I felt like I couldn't breathe--snow makes me feel anxious,...
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Lindsey Acton
- Feb 26, 2021
- 5 min
People are THE Investment
“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said this, and as I’ve read it over the...
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Lindsey Acton
- Feb 11, 2021
- 5 min
My White-Knuckle Life
Monday night, I drove my husband home from Southern Indiana in a snow storm. We left his meeting a little after 8:30pm, and just as we...
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Lindsey Acton
- Feb 4, 2021
- 5 min
How to Love a Family With Cancer (And How Not To)
You know those Facebook posts—the ones where your friends ask for prayers, or the ones that share bad news? I hate seeing those. I bet...
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Lindsey Acton
- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Burned Bagel: When Breakfast Meets Vulnerability
I burned a bagel not long ago. And I promptly started to sob. On the morning of the burning of the bagel, I woke up groggy after a long...
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