trapped behind two masks,
we’re at the pandemic’s will:
all screens. no faces.
And Tears
teaching
Lit
Almost a year ago, we invited this boy home for Christmas because he was living in a youth shelter.
We brought him downtown to see this beautiful tree.
And what a year it has been. Challenging in more ways than we ever thought imaginable, and all of us adjusting to this new life of having a brother and a son in the midst of a pandemic.
Here we are, standing under these same lights. And aren’t they still beautiful?
Heartstrings
yes, he can smile
with a photographer’s touch
the magic comes out
Pink Limbs
sometimes the sunrise
is the best part of the day
(before darkness falls)
No Photo for This
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teaching online, in person
in the same classroom
Pandemic Teaching
One of my students just called me and in his very broken English told me I upset him in class today because I wasn’t on screen the whole time. He was in tears and his father yelled at him. Why wasn’t I on screen the whole time?
Because I was walking around my classroom trying to check in on the twelve kids who showed up today. Because I was trying to get two kids who have done zero work because of their utter terror of technology finally logged into our textbook.
Because I was making a tiny bit of progress with two kids, and breaking another.
Because it’s 2020 and I don’t know how to teach anymore. 💔
But I wore this mask and put up the new background fireworks to celebrate a candidate who literally has the power to change or save their lives and their families’ lives, and I smiled.
So why am I crying now?
Blue Morning
invading our walk
this kitty thinks she’s a dog
(Trump’s America)
but we’ll win it back
as i splash blue on two screens
for my kids to watch
Carved Calabazas
new activities
their first time with Halloween
as they search for dreams
Even with Masks, We Smile
they came in numbers.
almost fifty percent. yes.
2020 win.
Snowantine
no snow day for us
but i ski between meetings
beating remote games
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