Heart string tug
Image from this morning that I can’t shake – one of my students, eighteen years old, sat and watched one of her classmates present to the class as she leaned Read more…
No better way to spend a Monday evening
Jasmine and Tomika graduated from 8th grade! I got a text from Jasmine on June 8th – 2 day i found out that i am graduating i am so HAPPY Read more…
40 strangers + adorable kids and giving adults + 37 strangers = ahhhh.
What a weekend! Friday night I had the biggest Mingler to date, with forty guests. Some newbies, some repeaters, all interesting and with such different backgrounds! They heard about the Read more…
Recipe for college: art projects, games and field trips
Jasmine asked me a couple of weeks ago if I could help her write an essay for a high school application. I told her to start working on it and Read more…
How to use silverware – taking it for granted
Three of the Englewood kids slept over on Friday. Ten, eleven, and fourteen, two brothers, Emmanuel and Devonte, and their cousin Jasmine. They’re funny and inquisitive. They rip on, or Read more…
A little perspective
From one of the kids I met through a volunteer program I coordinated, a Saturday morning enrichment program at their Englewood school. Good kids, bad school, bad neighborhood. Met Jasmine Read more…