Back to School
I started writing this the day before I was to return to school a week from Sunday, but never finished it because I was preparing after not doing too much school work over break. I didn't think I was going to post this because I was too busy. Then the snow came. Then the wind. Then the cold. Over the last week, I have had 3 winter school days cancelled. So last week, was the soft opening that businesses do before the big to do of the grand opening. Next week is the grand opening of my second semester of school and my second semester of grieving. Five months ago, I would not have compared grieving to an educational unit of time. But I have learned, through classes, counseling, and reading that it is. My first semester, I earned an incomplete. As I was going back to school last week, and as I only had 3 days of school last week, I am getting ready to really jump in to the second semester of my 19th year in education. I was...