Friday, seventh period, screams ring out and I go running into a classroom. Not my own. Not a minute later, it is over and it is time to clean up the chaos. There are lots of things to say about the forty-five seconds or so of fighting that took place that it is hard …
Several months ago, I brought Enchanted by Alethea Kontis in anticipation of reading shortly after I had the pleasure of meeting her at a Barnes N' Noble event in Orlando, Florida. Needless to say that life intervened and I didn't crack open the book until this past week. I wish I hadn't waited so long. …
It's raining in the morning a drop here a drop there and beds call to their masters come back to us won't you rather stay with us then be dripped and dropped on
It is no secret that I have anxiety, a tricky little beast inside my head that is the captain of the Fraud Police squad that lives in my head. Captain A has been incredibly successful recently at getting me to stop what I love and live in fear. I feel confident in saying that there …
How you begin this year should not indicate how the rest of it is going to go. A few bad days doesn't mean that the whole year is going to suck. Please remember that as you move through these first couple of weeks of 2016. It is a new year, but the only magical thing …
A lot of awesome things have happened this year. And some not so awesome. It's the Saturday before Christmas and the only decoration up at my house is a Darth Vader door knocker that I found at the dollar store. just haven't felt like making the drive to storage to get everything. And I am …
Every nine weeks, my students write a new I-Am poem to help build their writing portfolio and so they can see how they changed over the course of the year. It is interesting to read them because often times even though they know that their poems will be read by me they confess little truths …
For the past six years, I have had the honor of working with the students at the BETA center in Orlando. The young women I work with are amazing and it isn't a cliche to say that that inspire me everyday. Yes, sometimes they frustrate me. But, they always make it worth it. …
Turn Back Now Don't hesitate A Trap Lies Ahead Adulthood is filled with all the things you want and not enough time or money to do them Paying all your bills becomes the greatest thrill
For the last year, I have been starting to get better: better at writing daily, at exercising, and at this game called life. And then I stopped. I would love to rationalize my behavior, but I am closing in on my fortieth year of life and frankly, I'm tired. Tired of being too scared to …
Lucinda Rose 