Kids will inspire you if you allow them.
How my Students Inspired Me
Kids will inspire you if you allow them.
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In the Bright Lights
I cut back the rose bush, and dug up a plant I learned was invasive in the Butterfly Garden. I had no issue performing on a stage in middle and high school. Unaware of the neurological diagnosis suggested when I was four and five-years-old, I lacked a shy filter, just as I did a social… Continue reading In the Bright Lights
Not Your Great Aunt Mildred’s Teacher
Corrie was never afraid to ask. She'd start with the charm offensive. When students enter our classroom, they know anything might happen. It’s not in the “We’re going to Disney World” way. Nor is it in the “Mermaid unicorns do exist way.” Our classroom is not your Great Aunt Mildred’s classroom where students sit in… Continue reading Not Your Great Aunt Mildred’s Teacher
We Were Made to Endure
We were made to step out of the sand rather than be stepped upon in the sand.
What Can We Do about Grief?
When it comes to grief, my husband, John, and I take action.
A Time for Heroes
Dad sits in a waiting room. Eyes red from reading. Eyes tired from small screens and a World War II leaders' novel that I'd given to Mom last Christmas. A Christmas when ... Well, it doesn't matter. Christmases such as that have gone the way of unicorns. My mother, Corrie's Aunt Diana, and my Mom… Continue reading A Time for Heroes
Corrie’ Season Presents the Rose Art Work, “Naomi’s Liberty Bell”
For the first time on Corrie’s Season, I share “art” as the highlight instead of writing.
Roses for Corrie in Online Art Exhibition
Corrie would be proud. The kind of proud when you see the smile on your child's face when he or she dances. When I started writing about Corrie and of my Kinder Memorial Walk in her cemetery, my main concern was: How can I honor Corrie in a way she will be remembered? Art has… Continue reading Roses for Corrie in Online Art Exhibition
Misconceptions of Hurricanes: A Poem
There are misconceptions from the moment I wake up. I may appear as the sun shows up on a given day, but shiver in flip flops, jeans, and a thin blue rain jacket when hurricane winds begin to strike the coast. I was not made one way, but changed the moment a hurricane struck the… Continue reading Misconceptions of Hurricanes: A Poem
The Place of Corrie’s Dreams: with a poetry excerpt
Did you ever stop and hear about the house of which Corrie dreamed?
Corrie's Season 