Welcome to My Attic
The time has come to launch a fresh blog format. It signifies a significant shift in personal tectonic plates. My first blog, Diary of a First Year Teacher, began on the first day of my teaching career in January 2011. I was a mother of four who had spent decades in a hybrid state of staying home full time or working odd jobs to supplement our income. Jobs that included in-home daycare, ski resort seasonal work, custodial duties, and slinging hash at the local truck stop. Although I possessed a degree in psychology, it was important to me to be the first face my kids saw when they climbed off the school bus each day. When our youngest entered junior high, I knew it was now or never, and enrolled in elementary education courses at a local university. Diary of a First Year Teacher was my public space to share personal reflections on a very late-in-life career decision. I wrote about my foibles, my successes, and I wrote about my precious students and...