It's been a while, since I've blogged. According to my last post, I have not blogged in seven months. There are some reasons for that. Son. Daughter. Husband. Students. Testing. Writing is still at the center of my heart, but in my first year of teaching, I found that literacy became more important, simply because… Continue reading “Some Memories” Read Aloud
Author: Corrie's Mom
They say teacher turn over is high right now, and many teachers will leave the profession in five years or less. I will enter my seventh year as a full-time teacher, and my 12th year in education after I'd started as a sub and teacher assistant. I was the student in the 1990s you did not want in your classroom because I was diagnosed with ADHD and did not know how to socialize with other kids. I was due to be tested for autism, but this was considered an ostracizing experience for a child then, especially a girl. I am a third generation teacher and author of seventeen creative works.
The Journey with Autism
Time flies by, as the cliché says, and your child transforms from a toddler to a little boy. Being a mom of a child diagnosed with autism is a journey unlike any other because you never know if you’re going to be embarrassed, have your mind blown because your child thinks so much outside the… Continue reading The Journey with Autism
The Not So Mundane
Luckily, those wars end with writing. Not someone getting arrested.
When Dolphins Bite: 5 Things to 2015
I look forward to a new year. As I told my son, it's a new start in more ways than one. I'm almost finished with graduate school. The end is in sight. It feels like I've been in college again for more than a decade, which makes me wonder how people go to school straight… Continue reading When Dolphins Bite: 5 Things to 2015
Take Your Time: Reasons Why
I don't blog much these days. In fact, A Word or More has changed over the past four years from blogging twice a week to once a week to whenever I can. Sometimes, I post a poem - written with raw emotion - like my post the other day about the new struggles in raising a child… Continue reading Take Your Time: Reasons Why
Together: The Diagnosis
Autism. We are learning together. By we, I mean my husband, Ben, our son, Hayes, and me. Our daughter will learn one day, too, but, for now; the baby is Hayes's best audience. Free from it all: from crowds, from being a part of the conveyor belt taking belt buckles for future khaki pants, and… Continue reading Together: The Diagnosis
Through Tornadoes
One of the first poems from my memoir in verse currently untitled about raising a child with autism with the man I love. Through Tornadoes Let’s sit down on a park bench away from the house, watch the sun set, and Hayes run around. Look at that tree with the big knot in it. Did… Continue reading Through Tornadoes
Memoir in Verse
A writing teacher once said everyone works through the bleed on paper stage, especially when you're a young writer. I have always believed writing is a powerful tool that can engaged and cure your heart, especially if you're a person diagnosed with mental illness. In the past, I've been open about my mental illness, depression… Continue reading Memoir in Verse
Change it Up: Ways to Change a Poetry Collection and Why
So, I'm not much of a poet. My teacher at the South Carolina Governor's School of the Arts summer program thought it was my thing, but really I had to develop better prose. By college and into my adult years, I got better with short stories. The thing as writers just as with teaching, we… Continue reading Change it Up: Ways to Change a Poetry Collection and Why
The Rain (A Metaphor for Special Education)
I am a firm believer in speaking out. I have had to pick and choose what I say because of my profession as a teacher, but certain causes deserve attention. For me, those causes include poverty, breastfeeding, and special education. So, today I share I poem I wrote as a metaphor for the needs necessary… Continue reading The Rain (A Metaphor for Special Education)
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