Tag: writer

Outsider & Teacher

I’m an Intervention Specialist in a separate facility serving eighth-grade students. The story of how I ended up here is its own. But what I have witnessed in a few years is incredibly disappointing. Not all of the …

Shout Out to Community

In April, I traveled to Texas for a writing retreat. I wrote my heart out leaving pieces of myself on the screen. Something people don’t understand or realize about a writer- on occasion you must spread your wings …

Sometimes the Lesson You Prepare Isn’t the Lesson At All

It took me 120 days to finish. After countless hours, disappointments and prayer, I completed the last page of the curriculum for the women’s retreat.  Five sections to cover in two days, with five women presenting the information. I …

The Most Important Words

The choice to live on a farm in the middle of a cornfield seemed overwhelming at first. I was worried about my children being “separated” from the small-town life they were accustomed to. There weren’t any sidewalks for …