Emotional Roller Coaster…

This past month and a half has been an emotional roller coaster.  I would really like to get off now, kiss the ground and thank the heavens.  I don't like them to begin since I tend to get motion sick. Emotional motion sickness is even worse. True story as a my honey would say. This …

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Thank you …

Less than a year ago, I began this journey in writing.  I have grown through it and because of it; actually that part is inevitable, if I don't continue to grown then I die.  And maybe that is the point.  As human beings we must never stop growing and learning.  Stopping is the end. Thank …

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New Award…

Thank you to Mr. Peter Denton... My nominations for the Kreativ Blogger Award are: 1. Juliet Greenwood 2. Zen Cherry 3. The Middlest Sister 4. Five Reflections 5. The Gaia Experience 6. The Little Things Ten Things You Don’t Know About Me: I’m the granddaughter of two WWII veterans. I started working when I was …

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Woods Revisited

In the night my tears did flow In the night I called for help Twisted words answered me back And cut my heart to rubies In the sparkling morn They showed me the way To a yellow wood A fork in the road A decision to be made In the night my tears did flow …

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My New Hobby – Exhaustion

Last Thursday night, I fell asleep at 7:30 and woke up in time to go to work the next morning.  I did it again last night. This evening, I feel asleep once again around seven and  woke up three hours ago. My kitty boys gently reminded me that I had other things to do beyond …

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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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Missing Something….

Yep, no Friday book review.  I fell short of my goal. Normally, I would be kicking myself  and re-examining the last week so I could do better the next go round.  With this failure however, I realize I set myself up with a task that was unrealistic. Yesterday, when I would have been finalizing the …

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In Closing the Year….

The journey that I began when I started this site has taken me into an arena that I never imagined was actually possible; writing a novel and getting my poetry out into the world. I have won two blog awards, entered and won my first writing contest. For a girl who subtitled her first handwritten …

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