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100 Day Project – Day 18 – Carla

September 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work

100 Day Project – Day 18 – 1:45 p.m. (when I started)

“Here’s the lesson: If you have something to say on the page, don’t hesitate. Don’t procrastinate. Don’t make excuses. Seize every moment you find to write. Honor your voice and your stories. Starting now. Because this moment is all we have–take it from me. Write. Now.”

Great thought from a blog I just found while actually poking about looking for a picture to use as a writing prompt.  I missed writing on Friday (although funny thing was  I woke up from a dream that morning having blogged in my sleep and spending most of the day thinking I’d done my blog for the day – with no time to log on and check!).   I’ve had a busy weekend, and am still in the middle of being on call for some moving that’s going on while hubby empties a long overdue for it clean out a storage unit day.

This quote and the news I heard this morning about a dear friend’s passing coincide in a way that my dear friend would truly believe was no coincidence.  She was a loving soul, open to all kinds of living, and life.  We spent many many hours together as young mothers: she with one child (before she remarried and had two more children), and me with two.  We spent many hours talking as women, and many hours enjoying life with our children at beaches, and ponds and hiking and amusement parks.  I shall miss her so dearly.

What does this have to do with teaching?  Everything.  I am how I teach.  I cannot separate the me from the teacher I bring to the classroom.  Oh, I can do the professional behavior thing of not crying in class this week; but that’s not the same as my dear friend’s passing (at a young age of around 60) doesn’t remind me to enjoy the moment of my teaching.  Watch for the student’s smile; watch for the enlightenment bulb go on, and remember that one or more of them may be sitting there with heaviness in their hearts as they try to learn what I am trying to teach trying to still the heaviness in my heart.  Today I think of Carla and her living in the moment.

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2 Comments so far ↓

  • ProfSharon

    Yes, indeed. I know you give me the world by being in my presence. I am inclined to believe that that’s what people like Carla do for us — give us the world; or at least a piece of it.

  • SerahRose

    Tonight I kissed my child and thought to myself, “I give you the world.” I wish I could give the world to everyone. I love you.

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