I love my teacher girl. For me she is the embodiment of selfless courage, heroism, and unbounded love. She gets up before the break of dawn, to spend time with other people’s children, opening their eyes up to the possibilities that lay before them. Poor pay, long hours, overwhelming duties, arbitrary directives to comply with, … Continue reading Teacher Girl
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The Last Goodbye
I wanted to tell him before he left, now I may never get the chance. The thought kept replaying itself in my mind. The trip had been to say goodbye to Dad, now ninety years old, and no longer in good health. Since my exit from that hell-hole of a town he lived in, I … Continue reading The Last Goodbye