We’ve had a busy week. I was on fall break and volunteered in Isabella’s school for three days. Man am I ever thankful that I do not teach first grade! You never get to sit down for even a minute because the 29 kids need you to help them with everything. Isabella’s teacher, Mr. Hilton, [...]
Have made it to fall break. Unfortunately, Isabella and Mythili do not have the same fall break as me. I will be spending the week volunteering in Isabella’s classroom and taking the girls to their annual doctor appointments. Woohoo, exciting times. Bruce and I will also probably pick out the tile that he will install–soon, [...]
It snowed today. Fell from the sky like a ghost coming from winter to spark us into the reality of the season. But is it even fall when it feels like we never really had a summer? Autumn crept in on stilts, sinking its tiny feet into the ground with days of cold and rain… [...]
Here are a couple of other poems I wrote in the poetry group I joined. On a roll here!
Victory
I have made it to the top
I know you didn’t think I could
but I always knew
with open arms I waited for this moment
and now with a tickle
of cloud-licked wind
I have arrived
to put it all behind me would
be [...]
