This Halloween marks 4 years clean for me. It’s a weird type of anniversary. Most people don’t celebrate milestones like this after they get past their 1-year mark. Even more, I very rarely have heard of people celebrating the type of milestone I bring to the table. I am an addict. The kind that isn’t …
I am not a teacher. I am more like someone who stumbled into a classroom one day and they were so desperate they gave me a title and what they pretended was a salary. And I was young, dumb, and desperate enough that I took it. Teachers have one of the hardest jobs in the …
I turned 27 at the end of May. It was a big milestone for me. Most folks figure out too late that life is short. I figured it out early. I was having a crisis about the shortness of life back in high school. Fretting about how everything seemed planned out for me and how …
Dear Kid… In the back corner, I see your phone out during free time. I’m not blind. But I pretend to be because I know that the other kids don’t talk to you and you always say yes ma’am to me, giving me respect that is hard to find in these classroom cages. Asleep at …
There are scars Everyone has them. The pinprick from the time your friend jabbed you with a pencil and you can still see it twenty years later. The line down your knee from wearing out the bone before its time and medicine that is a modern marvel. The indention in your shin where that big …
Sometimes it’s quiet. Almost not there. A shadow of a whisper wrapped in a mist that settles slowly to the bottom. It evens out sinking softly into a low murmur somewhere behind your eyes deep in the rooms of your mind. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it’s jagged. Ripping and swirling in evil circles carving new …
I strongly believe in the power of words. The right words given at the right time have the ability to calm you, strengthen you, and convince you to continue. Quotes, phrases, poems, they all have the power to completely change the trajectory of a person’s life. Below are some of my favorites that have come …