Category: Autobiography

Planting the Worm

Did you know that a snatch of song that cycles unceasingly in your head is called an “ear worm”? As a teacher with a love for choral music, I endeavour to plant an appreciation for choral music into my students’ brains.  The challenge: I… Continue Reading “Planting the Worm”

Give Me This City

Written October 2015 I step outside the school, under a soot-shaded sky seeping rain. I hear sirens for the third or fourth time today. I am unsettled but not scared. I haven’t broken the law; so, the sirens are not coming for me. They… Continue Reading “Give Me This City”

Everywhere Always

God’s placement and timing is always perfect.

On His Mission

written March 21, 2015 I am living a miracle, led by God’s Spirit. Granted, I’m human. I get grumpy when I don’t get my own way. I have jealous and ungrateful thoughts way too often. There are times I chafe under God’s silence, seeking… Continue Reading “On His Mission”

Beginnings

Excitement. Apprehension. These feelings commonly arise at the word “beginnings.” Humanly, we love the adventure and hate the unknown. Today, I am beginning a blog, not because I am the best writer who ever lived or because I have the most important thing to… Continue Reading “Beginnings”