"Jess’s summer of firsts continues…in the rain…"
It had been three full days of steady rain, making it three very long days since my encounter with my neighbour Bill. I couldn’t help but smile as I remembered the gentle touch of his fingers, the softness of his...
"An unorthodox teaching method proves to be freeing, in more ways than one…"
He was late. My heart sank and tears welled up in my eyes. I hadn’t heard from him since he dropped me home Monday morning after such a glorious night together on Sunday. That had annoyed me, but I wasn’t...
The first day of June meant the first day of summer vacation for me. I have been teaching eighth grade maths since my graduation from university five years ago. This year had been very challenging and I desperately needed to...
"Sometimes first impressions can be wrong. Very wrong"
It was the last Friday in August - the day I had been dreading for years. I smiled through my tears as I waved goodbye to my boys as they set off on their journey. Both my sons were off...