*This was written a few years ago, when I had a different principal, different students, a different apartment and a tighter ass (although the last part has nothing to do with the story). *Also, some names have been changed as to not embarrass anyone unnecessarily.
It makes me so happy when the day is done. I’ve [...]
At 82 years old, my grandmother was a vibrant, independent woman with a sharp mind, but trapped inside an ailing body. She lived alone in her Florida condo (to where all New York Jews retire) while her entire family lived in New York. Extremely bullheaded and strong-willed, she refused to moved up to New York [...]
Soccer practice was over.
” Can I go to the playground Dad?”
“Sure,” he said, waving me away.
He was busy chatting with other parents.
“Yeah!”
My friends and I ran off.
I swung on the tire swing.
I monkeyed around on the monkey bars.
I slid down the slide.
Over and over and over again.
Time went by.
I kept swinging, monkeying around and sliding.
One [...]
It was so much fun the first time, I thought I would add some more. Enjoy!
1. My lips used to get so chapped when I was little I had a chapped lip ring around my mouth. (Yep, I was that kid.)
2. When I was in second grade my sister said my legs were hairy so [...]
Hi. My name is Dayna and I am a Facebook junkie. I have reconnected with so many people: from the three Jamies I went to elementary school with (Jamie S., Jamie K. and Jaime M.) to Kevin Covais from American Idol (he went to my high school) to the assistant principal from the first school [...]
My favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, has come and is long gone, but I wanted to take this opportunity to share some of my all time greatest hit memories from the turkey related holiday. Maybe then I will attempt to tackle the nightmare known as the December holidays.
I love Thanksgiving for a plethora of reasons. It is [...]
The first song I remember trying to memorize was Billy Joel’s song “The Stranger”. I sat in my sister’s room (because she had a stereo) and played the song, wrote down the lyrics in my diary, line by line, rewinding and fast-forwarding for hours. I’m not sure why I chose this song. Maybe it was [...]
“So…why do you want to be a teacher?” the energetic interviewer asked, holding her clipboard, pen in hand, ready to take notes.
“Well,” I said with confident disinterest, “I really don’t.”
Since I was interviewing for a highly competitive teaching opportunity, the woman’s raised eyebrows and dropped jaw didn’t surprise me.
I didn’t want to be a teacher. [...]
I recently picked up a book called Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs. It is a compilation of memoirs by “famous and obscure writers” containing only six words. With the memoir genre becoming a very popular way of writing, this book challenges writers to keep it short and sweet; sum up your [...]
I grew up in the laundry room. I shared my small box of a room in the back of the house with a pure white Maytag washing machine and separate dryer. I didn’t mind, nor did I know any better. The rumble of the dryer was relaxing, reminding me of gymnastics and hot summer wind. [...]
