Finally! We had a record-breaking high today of 93 degrees, and the leaves are definitely STARTING to unfold. Still a ton of bare branches, but plenty of pollen and more and more bright spots of green and patches of flowers. Spring is here at last. Felt like an interminably long winter this year.
My son and [...]
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So far I am not yet really behind in my teaching/grading for the spring term. That is an improvement over last semester when I was behind before I began and never caught up until Christmas Eve. Ah, but this term is different. I have found the answer this week number two.
In my husband’s words, texted [...]
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Before the holidays (when I was too busy to post), my son’s school held a fundraiser to help support the Village Empowerment Project. For those of you who have read this blog for a while, you will recall that I have written extensively about traveling to Peru in January of 2008 as a part of [...]
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BRAVE (adjective): “having or showing courage, especially when facing difficulty, danger, or pain”
Bubby is a brave boy. I need to remember that and not worry so much.
I admit that the fact that he still cries easily at eleven years old and is very sensitive emotionally sometimes makes me worry that he is wimpy. I shudder [...]
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So we picked up my son’s glasses Friday night, and at first he was elated. “I can SEE!” He kept sliding the glasses up and down the bridge of his nose. “I can’t read that sign. Now I CAN. Now I can’t see that …. Now I can.”
Next thing he said was, “Hey, did you [...]
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“I’m sad, Mommy.” (Yes, he still calls me mommy though he has now turned eleven. For a while he wanted to change to mom and I said fine, but it was too hard for him to make the shift, I guess.)
“I’m sad, Mommy. I’m going to have to wear glasses and have braces and… be [...]
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I was shopping at Trader Joe’s the other day and was very excited to see that they have started selling organic, humanely-raised chicken. After what I’ve been reading about feed lot meat, ugh. Anyway, I was very happy to see this. Then at the checkout counter, the guy asked me if I’d found [...]
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Because students like B. come to my office and are confused when they sit down and shakin their heads and looking at the floor. And when they leave, they high-five me. Seriously. High-five.
Because students like M. write an essay about how their mom was just diagnosed with lung cancer and they are [...]
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So I think I mentioned before that my son and husband have taken up running. This was part of a deal we made with my son, who wanted to quit playing travel team soccer this year after playing the sport since he was four (he’s almost eleven, so quitting is a big deal). [...]
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When I had skin cancer, I thought a lot about what would happen to my family if I died. I also thought a lot about what I would change immediately about the way I was living my life. How would my teaching alter? Would I even be able to continue teaching? [...]
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