I never liked dodgeball in school. Actually, I only remember playing it once and I was slammed with the ball before I even knew what hit me. I don’t like getting hurt. Physically or emotionally, pain is not my thing. I don’t mind being physically sore or even emotionally pissed off, but I try to…
Remember who you are. Work hard and be open to new friends. Have fun. I love you very much. Every year, on the first day of school, I put a note in my childrens’ lunch. My son is a junior in high school and while his note is a very small index card shoved way…
Michiko Shinohara was my friend in the third grade. We traded stickers every day during lunch and she taught me how to do Origami. She was a wiz at folding paper and I was always amazed by the things she could create. She even made a balloon once. Folded a square piece of paper for…
“What are the directions?” I asked my 7 year old daughter when she told me we needed to do a Book Mobile for her reading book Chocolate Fever. She replied that there were no instructions she was just supposed to put pictures and fun things from the book on paper and tape them to a…