After I finished my lessons today, Daughters came up to me and basically tattled on the behavior of Son, who had, in their words, behaved badly at the park, teasing and being unnecessarily mean to some younger kids who were complete strangers. I was so shocked and stunned I couldn’t react. Why would my sweet, adorable, little … Read more
After 13 years with the same desk, two weeks ago, I got a new (used) one. In a flurry of emails and pickups, I suddenly had a new piece of furniture that needed to go into my office and I had to get rid of an old piece of furniture, my old desk. My old … Read more
There was a summer during college, when I went to Korea in order to figure out if teaching was what I wanted to do. My aunt helped line up a series of students for me to experiment on, and I landed in Korea and had my own tiny little room in another aunt’s house. I … Read more
My readers will notice I did not post much in June. That’s because June turned out to be the craziest month of all time for me with a teaching schedule that went completely haywire, with multiple school districts with different calendars letting their students out at varying times, which affects me because suddenly half of … Read more
For JH and RL, and all those who miss them too. The start of 2015 was a bit rough as I lost two lovely ladies in my life. After a battle with cancer, Son and Daughter’s beloved preschool teacher JH passed away. I wept so much at her passing, because she loved and doted on … Read more
A couple of days ago, I found myself wanting to make dinner for close family friend, who lives in the neighborhood. The boys had been my students, the family close to me when I was young and single, and even now the boys and I still talk. I had one of them come and pick … Read more