Eleven years ago, I discovered I had breast cancer. The experience shook me to the core. Although I knew my life would change, it would be a long time before I realized it would be an uplifting and needed change. Before cancer, I had always planned to pen my story, but I had been too […]
I first discovered the poem “Kindness” at a time when I was struggling to face my son’s illness and to find some meaning, some purpose, in that struggle. The beauty and wisdom of the poem’s words gave me those gifts. Years later insights from this poem would ripple across my class and change my student […]
Remember Ella? I write about her often. My quiet, sweet student who had struggled with anorexia in her junior year. As her senior year unfolded, she continued to hide out behind her stack of notebooks in my English classroom. While she rarely spoke, she always perked her head up and closely followed every discussion. By […]
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