So, here it is, the second week of July, and I still do not have a school home for fall. I do not know if this is unusual, but it sure is an uncomfortable place to be ( Read more... )

The first week home in the summer, and finally things start to happen-- I have my first interview FINALLY. It's for a middle school position at Plumstead Christian school. Truth be told, they were my first pick when I started this journey. I will reserve other thoughts till after the interview. Time to dust off the evangelical side of me and ( Read more... )

Interesting. I didn't take a single picture the whole time I was away, yet each event is etched in my mind almost as clearly as if I had taken it all in on film. I don't suppose I've ever worked so hard with so great a result. Cousin said I "exceeded expectations." That made me smile, for that was my biggest angst going out there, that I would not ( Read more... )

Can't convince my family to let me stay, so tomorrow I board the shut-eye 6 AM filght back to my world, with a new set of skills, not quite honed, some new friends and the continued realization that I am a very special person. No, I don't mean that to sound uppity at all. It's just that it took me a long time to gain the self-confidence that allows ( Read more... )

Lest anyone think that I've been lazing around on the beaches of Key West, let me tell you about this weekend ( Read more... )

01. Reply with your name and I will write something I like about you ( Read more... )

a while back, my uncle sent this poem. Attached to it were pictures of the World Trade Center in ruins ( Read more... )

It's Monday, the last week of public education in this county. It's been a rough year for many of us, yet in its roughness, our true spirit to overcome has emerged. What the final outcome will be is anyone's guess, so, as I would say to my cousin, "We'll just have to put in the Light." (That from a vision I had one day deep in prayer, where my ( Read more... )

Nap time, or maybe food... what should it be????

Ahhh, graduation brings with it the devilish problem of the loan payment that comes due, now that the party is over. So, in order to make the payments until that job comes along, I have managed the following ( Read more... )