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Month: April 2010

Shine Your Light

April 30, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Day #3 of subbing for Mrs. P, who as it turns out, has pneumonia. The poor woman had come in today and realized that she was terribly sick and went home. It might be sheer exhaustion after eight months with […]

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NOT A Bumper Sticker

April 28, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

No, it wasn’t a bumper sticker this time. I was heading home with Claire in the car, after day #2 of subbing and my Wednesday yoga class with teachers in Stroudsburg. I was tired and hungry, so when something shiny […]

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The School Thing

April 27, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Last fall, I submitted paperwork to be a substitute teacher, but never followed through with the last piece of it. Except for my occasional writer-residencies, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do the school thing anymore. Yesterday I got a […]

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Monday Meditation

April 27, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

“Wherever our attention is, that is where we are. Our attention, our awareness, breathes life into that which it rests upon. Place your attention on something, and it grows in your life. Take your attention away from something, and it […]

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A Sunday Gift

April 25, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

When I was a kid, Dad would occasionally come home with small gifts for me and my brothers; a bottle of blowing bubbles, a kazoo, or maybe one of those balsa airplanes that would always nose-dive into the bushes. The […]

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If Only I May Grow

April 24, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler- quieter, warmer. – Dag Hammarskjold This morning some kids in the neighborhood came by on their bikes to see if Claire wanted to play. She didn’t. What she wanted was to stay home, […]

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Haven’t Changed A Bit

April 23, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

*Chick, n. 1. a young chicken 2. a young bird 3. a child: an endearing term 4. A camel-smoking, vegetarian who doesn’t like vegetables, gets his heart rate up with a good pot of coffee, has a weakness for baked […]

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Earth Day

April 22, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Every day is Earth Day.

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Two Chicks

April 22, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Today, after my yoga class with teachers, Claire and I were invited to Tina’s 4th grade classroom to watch a chick peck its way out of a smooth white shell. There we were: four adults and three kids, faces pressed […]

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Next Thing You Know

April 20, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Birthing a baby has nothing to do with the Titanic except you’re as large as a luxury liner, there’s no air because the baby’s feet are up to your neck. Your knees feel weak, that sinking feeling, water breaks down […]

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