For October, the themes include family tales and scary stories. Enjoy and happy writing.
Sorry everyone that I have not kept up with the My Tales Writing Challenge. This year, my job as a middle school teacher has taken much of my time and energy since I have more responsibilities and larger class sizes. As a language arts teacher, the grading is never ending!
In addition, for the past two months, my back pain has flared up once again, and in all honesty, it takes a toll on me. With this latest recurrence, I get up wit the chickens, so I can start my day with stretches and warm-ups. By the end of the day, I am exhausted, so bedtime now comes at an earlier hour.
With the latest changes, I do not have the time or the energy to stay on top of my blog, but I miss it. But, there always seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel. First, my back pain is not always this severe, so I know the intensity will not last. And, keep your fingers crossed for me, next year, I may begin teaching a new subject. Several years ago, I spoke to my principal and requested a switch in the subject that I teach. Although I enjoy teaching English, I want to try something new; I would love to teach social studies. As the school enrollment continues to soar, we need additional teachers. He came to me and asked if I would like to take on the history job, and of course, I accepted. If I receive this position, it will lighten my load. So here’s to new adventures!
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Tales of a Family 
Hi Ann Marie. I don’t know that you saw this rattle across your inbox, but I stood up a real Halloween story just a while back. Except for a few tweaks, this actually happened to me. I’ll leave it to your imagination to guess the main tweak. I call it, “October Lights” and hope you enjoy it.
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I think that you would make an amazing social studies teacher, Ann Marie… you could bring history to life for your students through family history!
As to this month’s theme, here are a few family history posts:
https://kindredconnection.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/margaret-felix-noel/
https://kindredconnection.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/rumsey-shuler-watts/
https://kindredconnection.wordpress.com/2018/12/05/james-christian-ardinger/
https://kindredconnection.wordpress.com/2019/06/20/allen-layton/
https://kindredconnection.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/bertram-erickson-marriner/
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May I share?
And it’s a go…I will teach history next year…so excited.
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Please feel to share away, Ann Marie. And HOORAY on securing the history teaching position!
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I am so excited!
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Hello again Ann Marie. I’m so sorry to hear of the situation with your back. You know that I had my own bout with sever back pain and through that I learned some things and some options. If you ever want to chat with someone who both cares and know a few things – I would love to and listen and share what I learned. Just ping me.
In the mean time, another story came to mind and I captured it. All the way through, I was thinking that you might enjoy it because it has lots of things you care about: kids, fun parenting, education (well sorta), Colorado goofing off and explosions. What’s not to love? If you can find about 7 minutes – I think I can bring a smile to your face.
https://garyawilsonstories.wordpress.com/home-schooling-moms-and-dads/
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Oh you have to let me share this one too! Did I ever tell you my daughter home schools her brood too?
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Hi Ann Marie. I think you may have mentioned that somewhere along the line. And yes, it is always such a welcome compliment that my friend the English teacher likes one of my stories. Not all my teachers understood my humor as well.
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lol
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