July - 2017

Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm?

Today was the teachers' official day back, so I had to get back on my regular schedule. I woke up very early, about 5 AM and thought I would get to do my blog, etc. I obviously could not, now it's way into the evening and I'm just getting this blog done. I started thinking, Does the early bird catch the worm? Does it have more to do with what the time you wake up OR does it have more to do with structure, time frames, or a to do list? Does it have to do with having the pow

Jul 30, 2017

Do Words Have Power?

On average during a friendly conversation, an adult speaks about 110-150 words per minute. A woman speaks 20,000 per day and a man speaks 7,00 per day. I'm probably on top tier of that average (shrugs I know I can talk a lot....my only guess is that I have lots to say). Any way, this gets me to thinking that we all have an audience. Are we being responsible with that audience? Are we using our words wisely, in a positive manner OR are we tearing people down, allowing our imm

Jul 29, 2017

Are you afraid?

Before you start re-evaluating my stance on life, you might want to go back a few days and read my post about being a scaridy cat. I can definitely relate to being afraid of unknown outcomes or even unknown processes. I think I mentioned I'm an administrator at a school, so I think that might align to having some control...( I said some). Having said that, I might like it when there's structure and control in an environment. Well, anyway, all of this thinking about taking r

Jul 28, 2017

400,000 adults didn't read a book!

Well first of all let me clear that up... it's 400,00 adults didn't read a single book in 2016 in the country of New Zealand. I immediately thought..Wow! That's a lot of people or adults... I looked up the total population of New Zealand in 2016 and found it was 4,693,000. Out of that number about 76% were adults. So... that's about less than 1% of adults that didn't read - per the article 88% of adults did read a book. That's interesting. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertai

Jul 27, 2017

Poor Oreo!

The week before teachers arrive and school starts for my own young men (I wanted to say boys...but I have to get used to acknowledging they're all young men now), I feel like I'm a running around like a chicken with my head cut off! So yesterday as I was leaving for work I let Oreo go outside to do his "business". Well the little rascal decided that it was the right time to play and just run down the street vs what he is supposed to do- which is do his business and come bac

Jul 27, 2017

Are you an immigrant success story?

This evening I had dinner with a friend of mine, let's call her Maisha (because that's her name ha ha ha!). I told her how cool I thought it would be to hear other adult's stories of migrating to the USA. I'm sure there's many to share. My children's book, "3,585 Miles to be an American Girl" is about a little girl moving to the USA from South America, but wha t about kids who move 10 miles and end up in Texas, USA? or 8,207 miles from the Philipines to the USA? or even 1,

Jul 25, 2017

Who's the new kid?

I'm pretty sure most of us have asked that question or been around when the question was asked about a new student in the class. Have you ever been that new kid? How about being the new kid, not only in a new school but in a new country- a new continent? That sounds pretty scary huh? As I reminisce about my own journey to the USA, I can honestly say that the students at Mount Healthy Elementary in Columbus, Indiana; which is part of the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp

Jul 24, 2017

How can you make someone's day?

I am feeling truly blessed this morning. I've been talking to different people over the last couple of days. I feel like friends are genuinely happy for my new endeavors! They share congratulatory love, share my story, call me and tell me how happy they are for me, etc. I am super excited and nervous about the new book, "3,585 Miles to be an American Girl". I'm probably feeling nervous because it's such a personal story. It's my story. A little 10 year old girl, I knew

Jul 22, 2017

Who sets THE EXPECTATIONS?

For some reason or another, I woke up about 3AM. Normally, I turn over and go back to sleep- but since I'm on my last weekend before officially going back to work, I decided to watch a movie. I found "The Accountant" on HBO. It immediately intrigued me because the story revolved around a man who was diagnosed with autism. He appeared to be a productive citizen in the eyes of the public, but behind doors he dealt with those stressful lack of social interactions, and coping me

Jul 21, 2017

Are you a scaridy cat?

So are you? The dictionary defines the term as a timid person. Okay, so I'm definitely not a timid person...but I must admit I do consider myself a scaridy cat. I supposed I've always considered the term to define a person who is just not willing to try new dangerous acts or is afraid of the unknown (if it looks dangerous). Neverthless, I've been pretty confident at claiming it, I'm not one to run from my true self. Well in recent years I don't recall any situations where

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