by Dawn | Jun 30, 2014 | family, self-improvement
I usually dedicate one weekend day to laundry. That night becomes “too tired to fold laundry night.” Sometimes I skip a week because I don’t see nearly enough full laundry baskets hanging around the house, but when they’re overflowing and...
by Dawn | Jun 28, 2014 | parenting, Teaching
“I’m sorry I missed your show.” I’d broken it to him gently–I couldn’t go. “Nobody came. I almost cried a little because I wanted you to be there.” I missed the first grade show. They memorized three pages of lines and...
by Dawn | Jun 23, 2014 | Teaching
I look at my alarm, which did not go off. I get up. I make coffee. I sit down. I’m up early, same as usual. There is one difference. It is the first Monday of summer. No school today. No classes to teach. It’s even better because The Boy still has school...
by Dawn | Jun 17, 2014 | self-improvement, Teaching
“If you’ll excuse me, I have to go home and make up some grades.” I worshiped the teacher having coffee with me. Jesus sat to her one side while the devil rested at mine. She was perfect–inspiring, funny, organized. I wished I could be her....
by Dawn | Jun 13, 2014 | education reform, Teaching
“What happened at school today?” I ask. He throws his backpack and races the bus to the tree at the end of the yard. It’s as far as he’s allowed to go. “Nothing.” “Again?” I say. “Nothing ever happens. No gym?...