31 Days of Blogging

31 Days of Blogging Day 31 So here we are on October 31st…halloween…and the LAST day of this challenge! I CANNOT believe I made it all the way to day 31. I honestly thought I would give up after the first week. But not because I was lazy or didn’t want to write because I […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 30 Well my Dad’s former students are AWESOME. The woman I talked to earlier in the week that I mentioned in yesterdays post. Emailed me a few hours ago some of the letters and documents she found from people and then she offered to mail me hard copies of it […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 29 Over the weekend while I was out of town I had all of my posts scheduled out. When I got home I came back to a lot of messages on the facebook page. One poem many students even said they remember the first time they read it many years […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 23 After 10 years I’m finally at a place where doing a Study Abroad program is actually a possibility. My college is going to Greece in April and I’m thinking about going. It sounds like a lot of fun and hello it’s gorgeous! One of the places we go is […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 27 How did everyone like all the poems I have posted this week? To see all of them in one spot you can view this page. The scary part is I have at least 10 MORE to post…probably more!! Lots of people wrote things about him after he passed away. […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 26 Today  I posted a poem that my sister wrote about the color blue and how she felt when our dad passed away. The poem is called, Blue Feeling. Thank you to The Nester for hosting, head over to her site to read more 31 Days of Blogging challenges and […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 25 The last paragraph of yesterdays poem really touched me. Here is what ti says: Sal, oh Sal. You heard the ultimate call. You had no choice but to leave Your bag was packed to overflowing with love, You leave us with only memories Thank you for the times spent. […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 24 Today  I posted a poem that one of my Dad’s former colleagues wrote. It is called, Farewell to a Colleague. Thank you to The Nester for hosting, head over to her site to read more 31 Days of Blogging challenges and go here if you are just finding my […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 23 Today  I posted a poem that Claudia Lee a former student of my Dad’s wrote. The poem is called, In Honor of My Teacher. We used to have this HUGE plaque in our house with a sketch of my Dad and then this poem and another poem. In our […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 22 Today  I posted a letter that my sister wrote. I have no idea the contexts of this letter we just found it when we were going through things. Thank you to The Nester for hosting, head over to her site to read more 31 Days of Blogging challenges and […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 21 I have recently found a ton of stories, poetry, reflections, articles, etc. The list goes on of things that friends, family, siblings, colleagues, and students have written. This week I am going to work on getting it all up on the website and posting links to it in my […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 20 I recently have been listening to a podcast about a girl that has been healing from something WAY different than I but I am in awe of how similar our struggles have been. I also found it really coincidental that we both started our healing process right around the […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 19 Yesterday I went to see a play that one of my Confirmation Students was in. She did an awesome job (as always) but it reminded me about my Dad. My dad loved theatre (duh he directed the plays at his high school). This play was at a community theatre […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 18 Today in my Five Minute Friday Post I wrote about my Grandma’s love of ironing. It really made me think about how well my Dad and Grandma (my mom’s mom) got along. I can remember they would have these arguments about random things. I remember a big one was […]

31 Days of Blogging Day 17 One thing I have found interesting from this project is in everything I do in life I think about how it relates to my Dad. I haven’t decided if this is good or bad…more like interesting. I’ve started to ask my mom more questions about different things. Or if […]