I am so blessed to have my mother in my life. I often reflect on all the sacrifices she’s made. To earn more money my mother worked two jobs at a time to keep food on the table and pay bills. There were obstacles I witnessed my mother overcome. She survived cancer, endured a broken arm, […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: Q: What is the difference between a school teacher and a train? A: The teacher says spit your gum out and the train says “chew chew chew”. Weird Fact of the Week: Buzz […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: The little boy wasn’t getting good marks in school. One day he made a remark that left the teacher quite surprised. He tapped her on the shoulder and said: “I don’t want to scare you, but […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: Teacher: “Why are you late, Joseph?” Joseph: “Because of a sign down the road.” Teacher: “What does a sign have to do with you being late?” Joseph: “The sign said, ‘School Ahead, Go Slow!’” […]
No brain. No gain. Stay in school. Today’s Affirmation: I am making positive choices in my life.
This snack requires no preparation. Just toss them in a plastic baggie and GO! Great for school/work lunch breaks, while running errands, or whatever it is that you do during the day. You won’t ever feel guilty munching away on healthy alternatives to popcorn, chips, or candy. Cashews are rich in iron, phosphorus, selenium, magnesium […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: A passenger in a taxi tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him something. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches […]
Back when I was 8 years old. Don’t you wish you could capture youth and innocence forever? In a way photos make that possible but too bad you can’t relive special moments in time. Perhaps, only in your mind. Here’s a bookmark that I made for my mother in art class. My mom saved it […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: Several middle school girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on inside the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving […]
Last year I sent Carolina some holiday gifts. I kinda wish they wouldn’t have delivered the gifts at school though because I wasn’t trying to make the other children feel bad or left out. Nevertheless, World Vision sent me another nice photo to cherish. Carolina’s mother (Josefa) and father are doing such an amazing job […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: What was the witches’ favorite subject in school? Spelling Weird Fact of the Week: “White eggs are laid by white hens and brown eggs come from brown hens but the nutritional value is the same. Quote […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: Two elementary school students were talking in the lunchroom. Kayden: ‘Smile’ is the longest word that I know. Jamie: No way, I have a ‘pickle’ in my lunchbox and that has more letters than S-M-I-L-E! Kayden: […]
I like when my sponsor child Carolina writes to me. She celebrated her ninth birthday on July 27th. Her favorite color used to be red but now it’s purple. She is academically excelling in primary school. Carolina is such a nice girl who mentioned that she can now speak two languages.
My sister Astede appeared on a page of a school textbook. My other sister Monica appeared in a studio brochure booklet, that sells high school senior portraits. I like the slogan, it reads: “We are not trying to conquer the world… we simply want to rock it!” They take photos of hundreds of […]
When school was in session, I used to “bug” Patrick just about every morning before school started. I’d sit in his class and we’d converse while he was preparing lessons plans. One day I wrote a cheerful message on his whiteboard. He didn’t ever turn me away; like some others did. Even when […]
Graduating from high school is often a bittersweet experience… you tend to leave old friends behind but begin writing new chapters in your life. Such as meeting new friends, going off to college/trade school, establishing a career, setting and accomplishing various goals, getting married, having children, et cetera. Here’s six special people who gave me […]
This is stuff I found while browsing the net. Check back every Monday for more… Joke of the Week: A teacher asks her class, “If there are five birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one of them, how many will be left?” She calls on little Tony. He replies, “None, they will all […]
This was a fun activity day at the school. Each classroom dressed up like they were from different countries. The children made a colorful dragon in art class. In Kuwait school/work days are Sunday-Thursday. Friday-Saturday is the weekend. The majority of the population Muslim. Jumu’ah (Friday Prayers) are done inside the Mosque. Muslim men […]
The bullying in schools is getting out of hand. I graduated from H.S. in the late 90’s so cyber-bullying wasn’t something my peers had to deal with. I didn’t even own a cell phone just a pager. Remember when pay phones were all over the place? Now you seldom see them & chances are when you do it’s “out […]
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