Stop the madness the relentless drive to be comfortable there is no comfort no lasting bit of piece no moment that will take away all the time spent being abused by myself or others so many of the scars inflicted upon our souls are self-inflicted Stop the madness do more with less and give up …
Author: rosereads
A writer, a poet and all around book lover. I write for the same reason that I read, because it fills my life with joy and meaning. Books and a love of words has given me a career and once a trip abroad.
A dear friend suggested that I turn my love of books into this blog. So, here we are. As a full time teacher, you can expect me to do my homework and post at least once a week.
Manic Monday ~ Why I Am Staying?
Last Monday, I spoke about why I am going to be leaving my current teaching position and seeking something new and healthier. Today, I want to talk about the good things in my life and why I am not leaving everything behind and heading for the hills. The work stress has been counter-balanced by a …
Manic Mondays or Why I am Leaving….
Lately all my days are have been intensely crazy as I try and navigate from the life I have to the life I want. A life where there is more time to write and enjoy with my family and friends. So after eight years in the classroom, I have decided to leave. It isn't that …
No More
Sunday's are usually my day to write blogs for the week ahead and catch up on all sorts of stuff. Sometimes I make goals for myself and write about them. Somehow over the years, I got the idea that if I made them public would hold me more accountable to them and I would get …
Decision Time
The final weeks of the school year are approaching. The seniors have taken their exams and I have lost a week of instruction in my other classes. Exams had to be taken in every class and each exam was one hundred minutes long. Everything was thrown off. One more week and the seniors will be …
The Blade…..
I wanted to reach for the blade like I had every night for the last year, but Ronald's touch stopped me. I couldn't clasp it with his heart beat pounding so close to me. I wanted to be angry and reach through the ether once again stabbing and slicing Dahila. From the first moment, I …
Take No Prisoners Thursday
Today is a "take no prisoners" day. Today is a day that things must get done and will get done. Dressing today, I knew part of what was coming. A meeting with administrators and a parent regarding one of the seniors. Today was the day to break out the one suit coat I own and a pair of heels. I am not an administrator, I don't even play one on TV, but today I have to look like I am one. Today, I have to have the confidence of one so that others will follow my led and have faith in the decisions I make.
Page A Day Results
There were thirty days in April and I wrote and published something on this blog for twenty-six of them. It is amazing what a writer or any human being can do when they challenge themselves and make a commitment. But then again, that is the story that we tell ourselves. We tell ourselves what we …
Happy Birthday, Momma!!!
Today, my Momma turns 69 years old. Last night, she went to the emergency room with her baby-girl. It was her anniversary to Papa and she spent it with me whimpering in pain. A stomach virus took me out and my Momma took care of me once again. It is what Momma's do. They take …
Scattered
There are clothes tossed about the floor. My clothes, my floor,my bedroom floor. This isn't the way things should be. This isn't how I live or how I have been living for the last three years. Things get picked up and put away. Everything in order. My sleeping chamber a place of peace and tranquility. …
Lucinda Rose 