by Dawn | Jul 3, 2014 | parenting, Zen
Declan’s chasing me with a stick. “Don’t chase me with a stick,” I say. I know someone whose eye was poked out. Sticks are dangerous. “I’m not chasing you. The zombie’s chasing you.” “Zombies go slow.” Plants...
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....
