Seeing Life Through Different Eyes
I knew of an elderly woman who lived in a rickety old house that had paint peeling off the sides. Looking at her life, you would think she had little for which to be grateful. Yet, every day she took her folding lawn chair and sat for long periods of time […]
Life Brings Unexpected Turns
A slight young woman stood in front of me with her blond-streaked hair swaying back and forth as she talked. She was energy in motion. Her hope-filled eyes drew my full attention as she related her story. She was working for the weekend as a referee at the World Championship Bunco Tournament […]
I was moved to tears last night while watching the DVD Freedom Writers. OK, I confess, I cried all the way through it.
Erin Gruwell, landed her first teaching assignment in a racially-torn high school riveted with drugs and violence. While this could have been a worn-out movie script, there was a freshness to the plot. […]
