One must experience the darkness to fully appreciate the light.
"I'm gonna do it this time. I'll rest, I promise. No, for real. I'm serious. I am. I'm resting right now. Yes, I'll come back. Yes, really."
"Meanwhile, I've been staring blankly at the top of my desk for ten minutes. Does that happen to other people or am I just amazing?"
"I know, as an internet denizen, I'm supposed to put on the happy face and tell folks that everything is always roses and cherry blossoms with me." "I can't live that lie."
Friends, I want you to know this. Doing what you have to do to survive is called survival. When the other option is possibly death, you take care of business. That’s all it is to it
"Everyone needs that safe person that they can allow themselves to be vulnerable with."
"Life will happen and I will be back to square one, having gained nothing but heartache for my efforts. A regular reminder that I do not deserve this happiness that I keep aching for."
Life was much different fourteen months ago.
“Teachers teach for the outcome, not the income.” That sound nice, doesn’t it? Until you really think about it. It’s true to a degree, but don’t get it twisted. If teaching was a totally unpaid gig, there would be a whole lot fewer of us. Bills don’t pay themselves. Don't get me wrong. I love … Continue reading Outcome over Income. Not in this economy.
It's been a week, friends. I don't think I've really been accomplishing the things I'd like to. Mostly because I'm spending so much of my "free" time being too tired to think. The children have been extra challenging over the past month. Many days, its all I can do to get back home without crying … Continue reading Day by Day
Life has started coming at me a bit too quickly for my liking. Things are happening faster than I can process them. My emotions can't keep up. I'm worried about burning out faster than expected. Not that I really expect to burn out... Actually, yes I did. I did expect to wear myself down. I … Continue reading Day 406: Pothole
