Dear Mom and Dad in Heaven
Hi Mom and Dad; It is the first day of October today. All the holidays are quickly approaching. Thanksgiving, Halloween and Day of the Dead will be here and gone before you know it. Christmas will be here and then another year begins. I still don’t know how to do Christmas without you. Dad, I […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN MOM
Dear Mom in Heaven, This semester I am teaching levels 2 and 4 at the university. My level 4 students are learning about the future with ‘be going to’ and ‘will.’ I have never realized how difficult English is to learn and teach. I want these grammar points to be easy for my students to […]
DEAR MOM IN HEAVEN
I should inform you dear readers that my students as well as my late mother were the inspiration for this blog entry. About two months ago, I was teaching Infinitives of Purpose to my level 5 English class. The required material in the unit also included parts of the body and health issues. I decided […]
Dear Mom in Heaven
Dear Mom; I don’t know where to begin. I’m living back in Mexico. I’m teaching English at a university. I am enjoying living back here but I miss Wanda, Lisa and Paula, and of course I miss family. I am loving being back in the classroom after 13 years. My students seem to like me, […]
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY IN HEAVEN MOM
Last Mother’s Day we took you to the hospital, as you weren’t responsive. Three days later you left this world and left a permanent void in my heart. Yesterday I walked around the streets for hours and watched all the mother’s with their children. I tried to hold back the tears as I recalled a […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM IN HEAVEN
Happy Birthday Mom in Heaven. April 18th, the day of your birthday was one of the worst days I had since my arrival to Mexico. Aside from immigration, banking, internet and cell service issues, the day of your birthday was my worst one in Mexico. I was out in 27 degree weather for most of […]
A Very Merry Covid-19 Christmas
No Price Tag Attached This year will be every one’s first Christmas during Covid-19. This year Christmas will be forever changed for every human being on this earth. None of us know how to do this. Nobody was given a training manual or a contingency plan on how to have Christmas during a global pandemic. […]
Life Lesson: Losing Loved Ones Is Tough
LAST WORDS What would you say to someone who was dying that you loved, cherished, and cared about your entire life and that you don’t know a world without him or her in it. What would you say if you had only a couple of minutes to have one last conversation? My Nan, Ena Priddle […]
Universal Grieving
You’re Doing Your Best I never expected this to happen during my forties. I certainly wasn’t expecting my Dad to pass away three weeks ago from a sudden heart attack. I always thought my father would be in my life until I was at least 60 years old. My Dad and I were very […]
Life Lesson: You’re Never Too Old For Halloween
Happy Halloween! From the time I was old enough to participate in Halloween I think back to its many eras that I used to enjoy beginning with childhood up until the present. I used to love Halloween as a child. I remember dressing up for Halloween parties at school. I recall going out trick or […]