Family is such a key component in everyone’s lives. It is even a concept we cover as a central theme in our World Language Classrooms. When I ask my students to define the concept of family they almost always start off with the most basic definition of family being a group of people connected by blood that support and nurture each other to grow. But family is so much more. We have the family we are born into that gives us a central part of our identity, but we also have the family we choose in our spouses and our friends that support us and nurture us to grow. I am so blessed to have the family I live with- my husband Mike, my daughter Josie, and my son Zeke. I am equally blessed to have my work family that I fell into 16 years ago when I came to work at Webster Schroeder High School. Both are filled with passionate, smart, creative people who always have my back, support me, challenged me, and continue to push me to be a better person, and for that I am grateful and blessed.  

Leslie Hall

Foreign Language Teacher

Webster Schroeder High School

What a wonderful sentiment and so true for so many of us! I can't thank Leslie and her families enough for participating in this project. Such a coincidence that she's my neighbor through the woods!! Please feel free to leave a comment for Leslie and, as always, thank you for visiting the blog.