January 2010
17 posts
My new obsession →
Involving shoes of course :)
Unicef Link →
Just donated to Unicef relief fund for the disaster in Haiti- even a little bit helps.
So Jealous!
My mom is a grade school principal in rural Illinois, so imagine my giggles when I opened my email this morning and had this gem waiting to be read:
Subject: NO SCHOOL!!!!
Will send pictures later when it lightens up…LOTS of snow! xo, mom
Theme For English B - Langston Hughes
The instructor said,
Go Home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you—-
Then, it will be true.
I wonder if it’s that simple?
I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem.
I went to school there, then Durham, then here
to this college on the hill above Harlem.
I am the only colored student in my class.
The steps from the hill lead down to Harlem
through...
Thank You Note
I got the nicest thank you card from my mom’s stepmother, Mabel, yesterday. Short and sweet, and in her beautiful cursive, it reminded me that a little handwritten note can really make someone’s day. It made mine.
Dec. 27, 2009
Dear Mary-
Thank you for remembering me at Christmas. I love all the colorful kitchen items. The measuring cups are my favorite.
Wish you the best of...
