Yesterday, after a full week of traveling, I gave myself somewhat of a reset day and eventually felt . . . still not reset. It’s no secret that all of us have been carrying all sorts of bullshit extra for all of this stupid year, but yesterday when I literally put down my bags, IContinue reading “Light it Up”
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May Day. Mayday.
Once upon a tender time, May Day was observed on May 1st as a transition into spring. After the new floral blossoms were collected in late April, you would divide the blooms and place them in baskets and hang a lovely basket on the doors of your neighbors. Doesn’t that sound nice? And then thereContinue reading “May Day. Mayday.”
Second String Quarterback
Our Story & Status On Friday early morning, August 25th, Houstonians awakened to partly cloudy skies and cancelled school. We Wyricks were perplexed. Cancelled school? Well okay then. No school kids! Then an hour passes and my mom, at the urging of my dad, calls and says “Time for you guys to head out”. “What?Continue reading “Second String Quarterback”
Be the Bow
Story Telling Back to school time! Oh boy, this elicits all sorts of memories for me. I think my earliest “first day of school” memory was walking into my new school (West Elementary) in a new town (Carlinville) and new state (Illinois) and having a group of 20 fellow 2nd graders stare at me whileContinue reading “Be the Bow”
And The Oscar Goes To . . .
This week marked the annual Awards Day at our school. I have some feels on this topic so don’t make any assumptions just yet. But first, let’s set the stage, shall we? THE BACKGROUND February 2017. My sweet, funny, friendly 6th grade boy informs me that he is going to work towards a community service awardContinue reading “And The Oscar Goes To . . .”