At least from the whirlwind that I have stirred up from transferring over to a school where I am traveling about 40 miles round trip each day.  A little more mileage and gas than we wanted to spend on, but well worth it in my eyes.Mommy duties are...
Topics: Embracing Me, high school, teaching, The Mom, The Teacher, working mom

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James Frey’s memoir of drug addition and recovery was a bestseller even before Oprah Winfrey picked it for her book club in 2005, but the subsequent revelations about discrepancies between the story and the author?s real life touched off a national.
Topics: A Million Little Pieces, addiction and therapy, Book Reviews, fiction, James Frey

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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian meets Desperate Housewives in this exploration of the booming business of Russian e-mail-order brides, an industry where love and marriage collide with sex and commerce. Odessa, Ukraine, is the humor capital of...
Topics: Book Reviews, Janet Skeslien Charles, literature, Moonlight in Odessa, romance novels

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That is the best way I can take this whole new role, or should I say blow, that has been dealt to me.I will be brutally honest here.  I have been completely depressed this last week since I haven’t had to report everyday to the same...
Topics: Embracing Me, The Mom, The Teacher

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I have to say it, I cannot deny it.  I enjoy working.Don’t get me wrong, I loved being home with Michael today.  I loved that I didn’t have to wake up so early to get the kids and I up and out the door to make it to work on time.  I...
Topics: Embracing Me, motherhood, Organization, SAHM, stay at home mom, teaching, The Classroom, The Mom, The Teacher, The Writer, working mom

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