You're gonna miss thisYou're gonna want this backYou're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fastThese Are Some Good TimesSo take a good look aroundYou may not know it now But you're gonna miss this I feel like it hits me like a ton of bricks. I'll be teaching and I'll feel my heart contract… Continue reading You’re Gonna Miss This
Author: odeliay
The Gradual Journey
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is… Continue reading The Gradual Journey
Time Out to Read
Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books -Richard Wright, Black Boy Today I caught up on my teacher email account. I was rewarded with an email that made me sit in my room crying with joy over the things one must always remember really matter. It… Continue reading Time Out to Read
Promises of Return
"And if I have you, I'll have everything. But without you, I am nothing." The Easter season has always been one of my favorites. In terms of entire seasons, Christmas still wins for me, but for the actual holiday, Easter is my favorite. There is something that deeply roots me to the message of Easter,… Continue reading Promises of Return
If You Come Softly, Part II
"And the rich between us shall drink our tears" The most vivid instant message I can remember ever getting was senior year of college. It was the same year I thought that I could save someone from drowning and come back ashore unscathed. I was wrong, and I was marked, am marked by the tragedies… Continue reading If You Come Softly, Part II
The Ingredients to Mutually Prevent Destruction
Again I could feel the familiar mixture of anger, exasperation, and sadness at the slumped over head and shoulders, conscientiously opting to twist the pen between his relaxed fingers instead of making them dance across the pages of the bare and empty notebook pages. I rest my hand on drooped shoulders A split second thought… Continue reading The Ingredients to Mutually Prevent Destruction
Boston Trip- Day 1
(We are asking the students to keep a journal on the trip and we have reflection time each night. The guided question for this first night was just about who they are and how this trip is helping motivate them to reach their goals. I will be keeping track of my own responses here. This… Continue reading Boston Trip- Day 1
The Good List
I stayed after school way longer than I should on a day like this.And when I parked my car in the lot of my apartment complex, I laid my head down on the steering wheel of my car and cried.It was a froyo type of day. On days like these the only way to cope so… Continue reading The Good List
“YOU MAY SIT BESIDE ME, SILENT AS A BREATH”
If You Come Softly If you come as softly As the wind within the trees You may hear what I hear See what sorrow sees. If you come as lightly As threading dew I will take you gladly Nor ask more of you. You may sit beside me Silent as a breath Only those who… Continue reading “YOU MAY SIT BESIDE ME, SILENT AS A BREATH”
You Win Some, You Lose Some: The Beauty and Heartbreak in Fan Loyalty
I know a lot of people who claim to know a lot about football--the stats, the players, and everything that is going on. And that's great. But for me, the ones who truly understand the nature of the game are the fans. Not people who just latch on to a great player, because they are… Continue reading You Win Some, You Lose Some: The Beauty and Heartbreak in Fan Loyalty
Odelia Younge 