GRATITUDE
posted about 14 hours ago, updated 5 minutes later | 2 comments
And so it is with gratitude
I embrace
The goodness and the bad
The happy and the sorrowful
Of all the blessings
That I've had
Some blessings met with elation
Decisions made
For the better good
And then there were the blessings
That are still not ...
I embrace
The goodness and the bad
The happy and the sorrowful
Of all the blessings
That I've had
Some blessings met with elation
Decisions made
For the better good
And then there were the blessings
That are still not ...
SIN NOMBRE
posted 9 days ago, updated 3 minutes later | 1 comment
This weekend I watched the movie “Sin Nombre.” It’s a film that had been recommended to me by a fellow ESL teacher with whom I teach in a barrio middle school in a northern Dallas suburb. “Sin Nombre” is the story of a family who is making its way...
I am Second
posted 19 days ago, updated 11 minutes later | 2 comments
You may have seen the billboards and wondered about the website mentioned on them: iamsecond.com. It’s a pretty amazing website once you peruse it and listen to some of the stories. iamsecond.com is built on the premise that God is first in your l...
In the Best Interest of the Child
posted 22 days ago | 4 comments
In the best interest of the child
In the best interest of the child
In the best interest of the child…..
Is an appeal in the best interest of the child?
Is being in an unsettled state in the best interest of the child?
Is being forced to live with...
In the best interest of the child
In the best interest of the child…..
Is an appeal in the best interest of the child?
Is being in an unsettled state in the best interest of the child?
Is being forced to live with...
UNDER DESTR…ahem….CONSTRUCTION
posted 26 days ago | 1 comment
My middle school is under destruction….I mean, construction right now and it’s a real trip. (as if working in a middle school itself wasn’t enough of one.) Believe me, Murphy’s Law has nothin’ on us! If it can happen, then it HAS happened during t...
DOODLING
posted about 1 month ago | 3 comments
Dictionary Definition: Doodling-an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch.
My definition: Doodling-the art and practice of making spontaneous random designs as a way of comforting and concentrating the mind.
OK, I have to admit it. I am a ...
My definition: Doodling-the art and practice of making spontaneous random designs as a way of comforting and concentrating the mind.
OK, I have to admit it. I am a ...
ENERGY ZAPPERS
posted about 1 month ago | 2 comments
Right now my life seems to be full of energy zappers and void, or almost so, of energy enhancers.
This last weekend, I was so low on energy that I spent most of the weekend in bed sleeping. I simply wasn’t able to rally any positive energy. I cou...
This last weekend, I was so low on energy that I spent most of the weekend in bed sleeping. I simply wasn’t able to rally any positive energy. I cou...
ODE TO RETIREMENT
posted about 1 month ago, updated 3 minutes later | 3 comments
(OR another burned-out classroom teacher)
How sweet to be retired
With nothing more require...
How sweet to be retired
With nothing more require...
SHE
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 13 hours later | 2 comments
She's tall.
She's athletic.
She's a beauty.
She's intelligent.
She's spiritual.
She's friendly.
She's wise.
She's strong.
She's weak.
She's kind.
She's bull-headed.
She's nobody's fool.
She's a force to be contended with.
She's 15.
She's my daught...
She's athletic.
She's a beauty.
She's intelligent.
She's spiritual.
She's friendly.
She's wise.
She's strong.
She's weak.
She's kind.
She's bull-headed.
She's nobody's fool.
She's a force to be contended with.
She's 15.
She's my daught...
It's About Time
posted 3 months ago | 4 comments
I’ve finally done it. After years of knowing what I needed to do and putting it off for various reasons, I’ve finally taken the first step toward potentially righting a wrong that was done 12 years ago. I have retained an attorney and am asking fo...
