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One of the classes I teach is typing, my students learning how to type by touch and have a cover over their keyboard.  The playing field in this class is leveled because it doesn’t matter your academic skill level, typing is a new skill majority of students don’t have other than typing to text and…

Today our Community Partners were at school for our mentoring program, the entire school participates once a month and we have almost 100% of our teachers and staff paired with a community partner who comes in and spends time with our students.  Our topics of discussion vary but are character driven and not academic, in…

Today was a hard day.  I don’t have much to say really….  One of my dear school friends mother has been battling cancer, she was told she has 3 to 4 months to live.  One of my college besties was told her Dad’s cancer has progressed, that chemo isn’t an option any more, that his…

I have recently gotten to know a lady at my church through my Community Group and the Women’s ministry program I am a part of.  She told someone in our discussion the other day about how she had seen me at church and thought I was always dressed up, but got to know me and…

  In case you need some inspiration for your closet, my hope is that I can give you some ideas from what I’m wearing. What fits you doesn’t always fit me. What fits me, doesn’t always fit you. So, we all know the style of jeans that work best for us, the brands of shoes…

…we interrupt the #Write31Days challenge of stories for Friday Favorites! Linking up for Friday favs…with Andrea, Erica & Narci     Happy Friday!  It has been a regular week around here, 5 work days and all. This week at school was pink out, check back tomorrow, I wore pink every day in honor of Breast Cancer…

Two years ago at this time I was in Ohio, freezing, working in the Annex building of the Quarter Horse Congress, going into the final weekend of the show and getting ready to head on another road trip to Oklahoma City for Quarter Horse World Show.  It had only been a couple of months since I…

I am volunteering once a month with an English as Second Language program and assisting women who are students of the program with conversational English.  I sat in training a few weeks ago, very unsure of how this would go, I’ve never worked with an ESL group before.  This week I had my first chance…

I have really loved watching Sadie Robertson this season on Dancing with the Stars.  She is one of two powerful and influential young women on DWTS this season, I talked about Bethany’s anti-bullying message before and I just watched Sadie’s performance from last night.  If you didn’t see it you can watch it here:  Sadie was nervous…

If there is one question that I wish I could have $1 for every time I’ve been asked it would be… “How tall are you? Did you play basketball or volleyball?” My response is typically always the same… I’m 5’9″ and usually wearing heels so I’m 6′, and no – I rode horses. Which usually baffles…