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Category Archives: ACEs
What Is In Your Cart?
I was exhausted. Managing classrooms full of anxious, stressed out students is draining. But I had survived teaching on Friday the 13th amidst the coronavirus chaos, and now I was racing to the grocery store to prepare for this quarantine. … Continue reading
Posted in ACEs, Adverse Childhood experiences, comments on life, food scarcity, hunger, poverty, Uncategorized
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Today I realized My Dad’s Legacy
re·sil·ience /rəˈzilyəns/ noun 1. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Today marks the 30th anniversary of my Dad’s death. 30 years. 30 years without his presence in my life. 30 years without. No hugs. No I’m proud … Continue reading
vir-tu-al-ly (nearly, almost) Impossible
When I started teaching some gazillion years ago, I cranked out (literally, you cranked a handle) copies on a mimeograph machine. I had the purple fingers to prove it. I taught so long ago, that I was one of the … Continue reading →