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Sheryl Bone is a full time, online professor in the Department of Student Success at Kaplan University. An active member of professional organizations, she makes presentations on a variety of topics related to education. Sheryl serves as a regional leader for the College Reading and Learning Association. She is a full time mother to three children, ages 14, 12 and 10 and one little dog, as well as a full time wife to a busy, supportive husband. Always driving someone somewhere, she is sometimes frazzled, usually tired, but generally a very happy woman. Follow Sheryl Bone on twitter at http://twitter.com/MomandProfessor
I have started writing this post mentally hundreds of times. It sounds pretty good at 3 am, when I am laying sleepless in my bed, writing in my head. As I sit here actually typing, the words aren’t coming quite as smoothly. Things i ... Read more...
Have you ever seen an item and immediately thought of a person ? It happens to me often. Last summer I bought a pair of earrings as a Christmas gift for my friend Anne Marie. I loved them, but they were more her than me, if you know what I mean. So ... Read more...
Nora Ephron, playwright, movie maker and author died June 26, 2012.
I was a fan. I found her plays, books and movies lighthearted and fun. I was a fan of her as a person as well.&nb ... Read more...
My son Max, the fourteen year old world traveler, has food allergies. He is allergic to nuts and seafood. He has the kind of allergies that send you out of a party and into the emergency room when he takes a bite of the wrong thing. ... Read more...
At the end of this holiday weekend, I realize this is the second Fourth of July I have spent with my oldest son in a different country. While we celebrated Independence Day in northern Michigan with friends and family this year, Max was in Gree ... Read more...
Yesterday was the Fourth of July.
If only a day, due to it falling right in the middle of the week on Wednesday, it was a real holiday. No postal service, no banking, none of the usual work week distractions for twent ... Read more...
You may recall that my oldest son, at the time thirteen, traveled to Europe last summer, without me, or anyone else in our family. He was so excited to go and thoroughly enjoyed himself. He grew up, gained independence and it was a very positive experien ... Read more...
A couple of days ago I received an invitation from Kaplan’s Academic Event Team to attend the summer graduation ceremony in Chicago on August fourth.
I look forward to this event each summer. I get excited when that i ... Read more...
Today is my parent's 50th wedding anniversary.
Fifty years is a long time ! I am typically awful about remembering my parent's anniversary. It usually goes something like my mom usually calling to tell me what they are doing to celebrate and ... Read more...
A couple of weeks ago I had a birthday. My father always says getting older beats the alternative. My mother consistently says she is grateful for every year she has. There is no room for feeling sorry for yourself about getting older in the family ... Read more...
