Friday, August 24, 2018
Getting What I Wanted
Wednesday, September 5, 2018. I arrived home feeling like I was losing control. I had gone in thinking my heart to heart talk with Dad would lead to me taking my leave of absence from Loyola. Instead, I lacked the assertiveness to bring it up to him. After we arrived, Dad went to Mom to keep her in...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
"You Can Walk on It"
November 1993. That was the month I obtained a severely sprained ankle. I was running to my room and got my right ankle caught in the railing that separated the walkway to my room from the steps. My pediatrician, Dr. Roderick, gave me a doctor's note to miss gym glass for two weeks. Mr. Hoover was...
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Friday, August 17, 2018
Heart to Heart
Wednesday September 5, 2007. I walked into Dad's truck knowing that I was never going back to my middle school teaching placement. I walked in knowing that I was not going to become a teacher. The fact I had no desire did not bother me. I was done with teaching. Even without Sally Warner's terrible...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Making My Sister Sick
I have a lot of mobility with my little toes. I can move them all which ways. I can even snap them like people do with their fingers. My sister, Ann, is nauseated by feet. She cannot stand to look at them. If people are talking about their feet, she demands for the conversation to end. She cannot...
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Friday, August 10, 2018
One Final Task
Wednesday, September 5, 2007. I knew Parent-Teacher Night would be the last event I attended at my middle school placement. I did not feel one ounce of excitement knowing that I was going to be free. The thought of going to parent-teacher night felt excruciating. My depressed self wanted to be done...
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