Testing Day

Getting ready to head out the door earlier than usual for the great FCAT test.  My classroom has to be sanitized of anything which might help the students. Plus, there is paperwork, I need to complete for my  evaluation.  Oh, and then there is the mound of grading begging to be completed. The life of …

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No TV….

There isn't one in the house; no space has been preserved for a future one.  The reason is purely economic.  There are other more important things for me to spend my money on at the moment.  Paying down my debts, saving the money for a washer and dryer so I don't have to truck my …

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Surrender

I lay down my sword All my weapons are yours I’m too tired to fight The battle never ends If you could see the way it is to me The way it wears and tears these mind games and power plays Eighteen years is too long to fight without victory in sight. Tired of fighting …

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Ready…set … wait…

For the last week or so, my fellow teaching diva, Lisa, as been bugging me to go out with a friend of her's; a nice young man just looking to go out and have some fun.  On the surface, it is what I am looking for, but I am not ready.. not ready to open …

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Dear Cancer

Dear Cancer, Tonight I found out that you are killing another friend of mine; draining his life away before the eyes of his loved ones. His spirit is tired and just wants to rest; sleep however, offers little relief. Life keeps moving on at a normal pace, but now thanks to you it exhausts him …

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Nightmares Come

Nightmares come and go and Yet my mind remains - Loves come and go and Yet my heart remains though somewhat tattered - Religions come and go and Yet my soul remains though somewhat tattered Sometimes Stronger, Sometimes Weaker - Time passes and fades away and Yet somehow I survive though no fault of my …

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Sounds

A Raven's Call at Midnight's hour . . . . .A dragon's roar in deepest night . . . . .A wolf's howl at full moon A child's awe at the twinkling of Stars of bright . . . . .Somethings seem so contrary . . . . .Let all are one in Nature's eyes …

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