A tribute to my Mother in Law

I am BLESSED to have one of the coolest mother in laws in the PLANET! Sunday is her birthday and I made her a personalized card. She doesn't read my blog (at least I don't think so) so I am posting this image now. She is known for her devotion to personal preparedness and self reliance. She's the one to be with when all nature goes berserk and you don't even have a flashlight on you. Her personal symbol that she "collects" is Noah's Ark. For those of you who have read the Old Testament than her choice makes sense. For the rest of you, I suggest you read the book of Genesis in the King James Version of the Bible. Wonderful time. . . great stories . . . and you'll probably learn a few things too. Anyway, this image will adorn her birthday card from me. I think I nailed the mood I was going for so I'm pretty happy with it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

It's been a quiet, good day. Like this lucky guy over here.

Bloom Where You're Planted

"Bloom Where You're Planted"

First off, Apologies to Greg Newbold. Let's just say your image inspired me and I had to personalize the message by doing my own version.

The Article is found in the June 2011 Edition of "The Ensign Magazine": a religiously themed magazine published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The article was a person's experience with frustration after ending up in a place where he didn't want to be. But a Dandelion growing out of a crack in a wall reminded him to "BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED" which is exactly what he did. We cannot usually choose our circumstances, but we can change our attitude which can make what was once inhospitable into our personal sanctuary. That includes if the intolerable place is within one's own skin.

Courage: A reflection of the past Nine Months

School is officially over for the 2010/2011 school year. I participated till the very last day: volunteering to help out the staff oversee the eighth grade end of school carnival. My biggest relief is that I no longer have to dread telephone calls from the Substitute office @ Five in the morning. But is also means that the future is totally uncertain for me and my family.

I made this piece as a tribute to spirit of education that I had the opportunity of partaking. It isn't by any means easy, but it is worth it. It is essential for any hope of our future.

Dekaney: Epilogue

If you look at one of my previous posts, you will see clearly illustrated how I felt about my upcoming student teaching experience @ Dekaney High School. Well, in the literary tradition, this is the Epilogue or how I felt about the experience at the closing of that experience.

It was a definite challenge, but there were so many students who I came to know and appreciate. It was a wonderful experience.

"Conscience"

Short Story Sketches

I went on a visual rampage as I was reading these stories for one of the classes I help teach.

D.H. Lawrence's "The Odor of Chrysanthemums

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

Steven Crane's "The Open Boat"


These were done in spare minutes here and there and were nothing less than a labor of love. A labor of love for my students that is. Anything that can inspire them to enjoy good literature the way I do.