Author: The REALM

It’s June. In the next two weeks, my DS13 graduates 8th grade from The REALM with Inspire Charter. Oh. My. Friggin’ goodness! I’ll refrain from the actual expletives here. But, boy, the shock and flurry of big emotions that this huge moment elicits bring all kinds...

If anyone had told me that I would one day be a ‘homeschooler’ I would have told them that they were nuts. There was no way I would have ever considered taking on the responsibility of teaching our son, Dar. And now, guess what, I’m...

That was the tag line for my friend's wedding. The New York City girl who used to walk only as far as the curb to hail a cab one day up and moved to San Diego for a job and now she was getting married...