This post is part of the weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! Next week I return to school, and I’ve been trying to articulate my feelings about it. I’m squished between a lot of emotions, and I thought this poem might reflect some of those thoughts… At the Edge of School,Continue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: At the Edge”
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Slice of Life Tuesday: Life, in Metaphor
This post is part of the weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! Yesterday I had a GREAT idea for a blog post. I was starting to craft it in my head as I always do, until I got sidetracked. Fast forward to this morning, when I got up and could notContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: Life, in Metaphor”
Slice of Life Tuesday: Letters to Mrs. Levin
How is it possible to spend the last year and a half seeing one another only through a bunch of pixellated boxes, yet still come out of the experience so tight-knit?
Slice of Life Tuesday: A New Little Word
This post is part of the Weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! I’ve been waiting for this. It’s the realization that my One Little Word, first set at gather and then at dissonance, has finally shifted. Dissonance is fine and healthy for a while. It helps me grow and push myselfContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: A New Little Word”
Tuesday Slice of Life: Two Sides of the Same SweeTART
This post is part of the Weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! It’s summer break now (let us pause for a moment of celebration). I’m supposed to be taking it easy.I’m also supposed to be getting my house back in order.To get back into shape.To carve out time forContinue reading “Tuesday Slice of Life: Two Sides of the Same SweeTART”
Slice of Life Tuesday: Told You So
This post is part of the Weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! Last week, I had the joy of seeing my third-grade colleagues put on storytelling festivals with their students. As a culmination of their fairy tale unit, children told their stories to one another. I love to listenContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: Told You So”
Slice of Life: Love Those Writers
I asked my kids to stop, to imagine, to dream about what writing workshop could be. They’ve given me so much to think about over the summer. And while summer canNOT come fast enough, I’m already looking forward to next year.
“I Feel Like a Real Writer” – Guest Post
Friends, I’m so excited to tell you that I am now a contributing author on the Two Writing Teachers website. This community has helped me grow so much as a writer, a teacher and as a person. Honestly, I could gush for quite a while about how transformative the experience has been. Suffice it toContinue reading ““I Feel Like a Real Writer” – Guest Post”
Sunday Sitdown #15: Sugarland, and Regrets
The purpose of this post – the purpose of this series – is to recount my experiences with race, and to claim those moments and choices I wish I could take back. My time with Essence is one of them.
Assigned Writing: A Poem
“And on that rough morning, those bites of sweetness were a simple reminder that the love we put into the world sometimes does, indeed, come back in our direction.”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 