• Daily Prompt Response—Great Teachers

    What makes a teacher great? I can’t possibly skip over this prompt and not answer it. I was a teacher for 18 years. I taught 3rd graders—those kids who are just starting to become independent and still love their teacher. I also taught 5th graders—kids who start the year off super sweet and then grow…

  • Three Years

    I started writing in a journal when I was 13 years old and in the 8th grade. At first, each journal entry was only two pages each. As I advanced through my teenage years, entries became longer and longer and much more frequent. Teen angst had me filling up an entire journal in only a…