I sew, and I run. I sew dresses for girls in Africa, and now I run to give a few boys and girls a chance at an education and a job. Today I registered for the Richmond Half Marathon, and dedicated my race to trade scholarships for war a…
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Quote of the Week: Character
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ~Peter de Vries
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Quote of the Week: Light Switches
His voice touches places inside me like someone moving through a house, flicking light switches. … And even if it was dark and there was shellfire or an arctic gale blowing, I’d still be able to understand him, because our thoughts nestle a…
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When Harry Met Sally is My Lullaby
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| November 23, 2009 |
Continuing on with digging into the old journals for entries I never posted, I thought I’d post this one from November 2009. I was supplementing my income (not by much ha ha ha) by substituting in the City of Charlottesville schools. Some days I was in a high school ESL class and sometimes I was walking kindergarteners to the playground. I was glad when my business picked up enough not to need it, but I really loved being around this huge variety of kids, especially when sometimes the 1st graders seemed wiser than the seniors. Also, I was watching When Harry Met Sally almost every night to help me fall asleep. The last line mentions emails that I got from Megan and Barbara, two old friends of mine that I spent some fine summers with a long time ago.
