If you tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can get across it if I try.

~Marianne Moore

Retired at last.

Hidden Costs

"The price one pays for pursuing any profession or
calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side."

Bernard Edmonds

"To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed."

Crones Don't Whine by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

"As women who work at home have long realized, unless you build strong boundaries around your own time, other people assume that they can intrude with their needs. Once you retire, boundary-keeping skills are absolutely necessary."

Focus on Teaching

I would like to see every teacher have a posted mission statement that reflects their commitment to learning. I have the below mission statement hanging in my classroom; it is the first and last thing I read to myself every school day. ldj

MY MISSION IS TO SINGLE-MINDEDLY AND STEADFASTLY LOVE AND LEARN WITH YOU.

ldj