Category: Personal
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A Valentine’s Day Poem
Something Bitter, Something Sweet Memories are like a howling wind,Crashing against my skull.It’s not like I ask to stare into the forest of clouds–But your eyes still drag me in.Flashes of what could have been race in my brain–I still feel as hopeful as morning dew on a rose bush.Like the promise of springtime I…
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Grading and Evaluating: A VIPKid Feedback Post
One thing that really stands out about VIPKid is the fairness of the hiring process. Everyone experiences an evaluation that isn’t based on prejudice of what degree a person has or how many years of teaching experience: it’s all about how you present yourself during that first interview with a live person. During that time…
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NYC Midnight Microfiction 2019: My Results and Take-Away
This was my first time to compete in one of the NYC Midnight competitions. Spending money to write in a competition is not something I would normally do, but for $20 (after a $5 coupon for sharing on social media) I figured I would give it a try. I made it to the second round…
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Happy Annual Revolution Around the Sun
This is the first New Year’s Eve I’ve spent almost completely alone. My daughter and I have been watching Disney+ in the mix of doing laundry and washing dishes. This year has been a season of changing and adapting to new situations with family. So much has changed, but mostly for the better. Most of…
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Thankful 30: Day 6
I’m thankful for talents. Everyone has something different. I watch my siblings bicker about who is better at certain things, and I see something that is wrong with society as a whole: we are too busy comparing. You have something special about you. Something God gave you, and it is just as good as anyone…
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Thankful 30: Day 5
Day Five: I am thankful for VOTING 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 I took my daughter with me to hit the polls today. 10 important propositions we’re on the ballots for Texans to consider. I am so saddened that people often miss these elections because it isn’t presidential, therefore not important. Remember y’all: the president might sit in the…
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Thankful 30: Day 3
Day Three: I’m thankful for the church. Not just my little church that is in the heart of bustling San Marcos, Tx, but has the feel of a country church–but the body of Christ as a whole. Each person has a role to play. Each person has a person. God has given us strengths, talents,…
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Thankful 30: Day 2
Thank you for joining me for day two of the Thankful 30. You can read Day 1 here. I will do my best to keep up with this each day! I hope you’ll share your challenge link in the the comment so I can follow yours too. Day Two: I am thankful for my brother…
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Thankful 30: Day 1
Will I keep up with this? I don’t know. Either way I believe it is important to give thanks and reflect on good things during this season–and all the time. The holiday season has a tendency to raise spirits and stir up all the feels that other times of the year just don’t reach in…
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Poetry: Pumpkin
This came to me while I was backing some seeds from an Acorn Squash which is, in fact, a type of pumpkin. Pumpkin You chose me from a lonely field –Though others had much more to yield. What hands have taken What hands will give –a new life somewhere, I hope to live. Like the…
Designing Lorri 