Category: Personal
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Poetry: To Love a Writer
To Love a Writer Do you remember when we first met?Our eyes caught in a fixated stare.My fingers danced across your open pagesas your hand ran throughout my hair. A thousand lives in just one breath;You weave time within your hands.A finger runs down an innocent spine:I fall, like time’s coarse grains of sand. I…
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Being Christian About Halloween
My perspective on Halloween has changed to many forms over my life. As a child, I enjoyed all things horror and strange. I often watched movies like Poltergeist and Nightmare on Elm Street with my grandma…when I was 3. My grandma, for some reason, saw nothing wrong with allowing me to just watch whatever she…
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Freelance Talk: My First Impression of Fiverr
Well, the advertising worked! I saw an ad on TV a while back for this company called “Fiverr” and I decided to give it a go. Before then, I saw many ads around the internet but largely ignored them because it sounded a little to good to be true. I made my profile, created a…
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Top 5 Guilty Pleasure Girl Songs
While most know me for enjoying metal, I must admit–there are a few exceptions when comes to my taste in music. As I’m scrolling through stations on the radio, I happened by a song I’ve enjoyed for a long time that is actually extremely feminine and, for lack of a better word, a little pansy.…
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Mom the Trickster
I typically wake up at 2:30 AM and get straight to work, drinking only some water. I’d love to start my day with a healthy smoothie, but I cannot be waking my family up with noisy kitchen gadgets that early! So, my routine is: wake up, teach kids in China, cook/blend breakfast, write feedback for…
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VIPKid: Updates and Accuracy
I noticed a long time ago that the “class count” of my classes included ALL classes, not just Major Course and Trial classes. Even still, the disclaimer under my 1500+ number said this count was for MCs and Trials and I thought surely they would update it is include Supplementary Classes. I was wrong—they did…
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Remembering 9/11/2001, Remembering America 9/11/2019
Eighteen years ago I was in fifth grade. I remember hating my teacher, not having many friends, and not adjusting well to my new family—a step-dad and step-sister. One morning I walked out of my room and was corralled to the couch where the news was on. I wasn’t exactly sure why what was on…
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A Woman in the Christian World — Period Talk
My old basketball net is beside the storage room at my grandparent’s house. It was given to me by my great-grandpa for Christmas when I was 5 years old. I won’t ever forget that Christmas because I remembered looking around at my cousins who were opening their pile of presents and thinking, ”they all got…
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VIPKid: Define Your Purpose, Define Your Schedule
If the only thing holding you back from being a VIPKid teacher is an annoyed spouse and a whiny child, it might be time to have a heart-to-heart about your goals and dreams with your family.
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Praises and Prayers
I said, ”God if you will make this unit assessment form show up I will write a blog post about how great you are.” To God all the praise and the glory be!
Designing Lorri 