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Apr.06.2010
Bravery and Cowardice
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”
- William Arthur Ward
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Mar.27.2010
Jim Baker: "That’s why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they’d call them something else.”
- Film “Sixteen Candles”
Since she as a baby, my daughter has loved music and dance. I don’t know if it’s because she’s grown up in a city with loud music blaring out of neighbor’s...
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Mar.13.2010
Bittersweet
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”
- August Wilson
The sub gods must be...
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Mar.13.2010
Bittersweet
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”
- August Wilson
The sub gods must be smiling...
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Mar.08.2010
The Best Laid Plans
“Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.”
- William Shenstone
Last week, one of my fellow writer-bloggers, Rebecca, wrote a post about her new, fabulous schedule to keep on top of her writing and life*. Then her cat got sick and all of her plans...
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Feb.26.2010
Come Together
“We are one big family of people, trying to make our way through the unfolding puzzle of life.”
– Sara Paddison
When my son was in third-grade, he had to learn cursive. And by “had to”, he thought that meant forced, which was an unfair and impossible hardship. The...
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Feb.16.2010
Denial
“All things in moderation, including moderation.” – Mark Twain
Eight-and-a-half years ago, I moved from Long Island, New York to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Eight years ago, I felt my daughter moving inside of me for the first time. Eight years ago, a woman I know had butter...
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Feb.12.2010
Substituteteacherwoman* Teaches Art
“If I had an enemy then my enemy is gonna try
To come kill me ‘cause I’m his enemy.”
- Adams, William; Ferguson, Stacy; Gomez, Jaime; Harris, Keith; Pineda, Allan. Song, "One Tribe” Black Eyed Peas
Yesterday’s job was to teach Art at one...
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Feb.09.2010
(Un)Common
“But the naming of Hear’Say in 2001 was nevertheless a significant milestone on the road to punctuation anarchy.”
- Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves*
My name posts have generated some interesting comments, both on my blog** and on Red Room, where I've included some of...
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Feb.05.2010
Stuck in the Middle
"Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks."
"- Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only," finished Lupin.
"So would you if your fool of a mother had called you 'Nymphadora,'...
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Feb.03.2010
“The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.”
- Marshall McLuhan
True story: A friend told me about someone who had seen a girl’s name written down as La-a. “Is it La?” he asked, stretching out the ah, like it was two syllables. The girl’s mother replied, “That...
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Jan.31.2010
Special
“The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.”
- George W. Bush, Washington D.C., January 23, 2004
Yesterday morning, I received a call to sub for a Special Ed teacher at the high school. What did that mean? I could have my own class or I’d be support for other teachers...
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Jan.28.2010
Bag Lady
“I said you wanna be startin’ somethin’
You got to be startin’ somethin’
It’s too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You’re stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)”
- Song “Wanna be Startin’ Somethin’” by Michael Jackson
I knew going into this day that it was...
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Jan.21.2010
Performance Anxiety
“Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners.”
- William Shakespeare
If you read yesterday’s post*, you know I went to Hell Night.The place was decorated and the staff dressed up for the occasion. We started off with a deviled egg Russian roulette, which means...
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Jan.19.2010
Problem Day, Hell Night
“It takes a village to raise a child.” - African Proverb
I’ve been spoiled two days in a row with evening calls for next day jobs. Again I was to report to a third-grade class, but this time at the Inclusion School, in a classroom I’d worked (and blogged about) once...
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About Theresa
I write children's books. mostly YA. My short story "Daisy" appeared in the 100 Stories for Queensland anthology. I have two more short stories coming out this fall:
"My Moment" in the Tiny Dancer anthology, published by Literary Mix Tapes
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