Yesterday at school, we were talking with our students about the importance of things not being easy all the time. The teacher I work with pointed out that if second grade was always easy, with no mistakes made and no struggles to be had, there wouldn’t be a point to being in second grade. I …
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Get the Funk Up
I haven’t been getting to my daily posts much lately, despite my best efforts. I started a new job a couple weeks ago, and I’ve mostly been focusing my writing time on personal journaling. But as I write this, there are just a few hours left in August, and that means autumn starts tomorrow, at …
A Call For Support
There are milestones in life that we automatically designate as “joyful,” but sometimes those things don’t turn out as expected. We’ve certainly learned that over the past year and a half as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted weddings, reunions, graduations, and so many more big events that were supposed to be happy times. I recently learned …
Care Package for Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021
The past couple of days, I’ve spent my time at work in the kitchen instead of the office, making lunch for our residents. I’ll be doing the same next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday (my last day at the affordable elderly housing facility I’ve been with for the past year). It’s vacation time for one of …
Care Package for Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021
I got quite a bit of positive feedback regarding the revamped Care Package, which is heartening. I’ve been way out off my writing routine for over a year now, and it’s been a struggle to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and venture back into a craft I love dearly. Knowing that it’s …