by Marlene Bumgarner | Mar 30, 2015 | Community, Family, Grandparenting
I don’t write for children, but I love reading to children. Last week I attended an event sponsored by Delta Kappa Gamma, an international organization that supports the professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. The event...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Mar 16, 2015 | Community, Grandparenting
This week I begin six weeks of volunteering as a writing assistant in a fourth grade classroom. I have been looking forward to the experience for months, but as the time grows closer, I find myself waking up in the middle of the night with a mixture of anticipation...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Mar 9, 2015 | Community, Grandparenting
I’m in Washington, D.C., where 5 inches of snow fell in the hours just before my plane landed at National Airport. A long-time friend and her husband took me to to several nearby sights and cultural events, beginning with Fort Ward (crunch, crunch, crunch...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Mar 2, 2015 | Family, Grandparenting
Two weeks ago Bean and I walked out the door of my house and scootered and walked a mile to the edge of the beach. Last week she arrived requesting to spend the afternoon at the beach, so we packed the car with buckets and snacks and spent three hours dodging the...