I was mesmerized when I first heard the music to Into theWoods in college. The genius of Stephen Sondheim is astounding, and the score is beautiful and so thoughtfully done. Into the Woods is a mashup of the Grimm Fairy Tales featuring Cinderella,...
When my husband and I set out many years ago to find a school that would be a good fit for our family, we knew we wanted a school where our kids would get a Christian education and be known by more than just their first name. We loved the fact that...
This school year, I have four children at CCA ranging in age from Kindergarten to 7th grade. We started at CCA when my oldest was only four years old. I am a stay-at-home mom, and times were not all smooth sailing, especially when I had three boys...
It's one of my favorite seasons of the year: Back to School!
Have you ever had one of those moments where you're watching your child do something really well -something you never thought they could do? Or, a time when you knew they would do well, but they knocked your expectation out of the park, all because...
“I’m having a heart attack!”
I shouted across the parking lot of Stein Mart as I slowly sat down on the hot summer pavement. “Sir, can you help me?” I yelled at a passerby. Luckily, this Good Samaritan stopped to help me inside the store. A few more...
Before I taught at CCA, I was Assistant Director of the Medical Records Department at Methodist Central Hospital in Dallas. I attended management classes taught by a retired high school principal, and after one of these classes, he asked me when I...
The greatness of community is most accurately measured by the compassionate action of its members. Coretta Scott King
In March of 2020, my daughter and I somberly walked the halls of her high school. The silence was deafening. Normally these halls...
When you hear the word labor, you may think of your place of work, the holiday, or perhaps the process of giving birth. And scarcely can a woman hear the word labor and not think of pain! The process of physically birthing a baby is a painful one,...
