Happy Slice of Life Day! (Do you think Congress would make it a national holiday?)
I love the Slice of Life challenge. Writing and sharing for a full month: it takes a bravery and persistence I’m never quite sure I have when I pull up to my keyboard each March.
Certainly, I have a lot of reasons to pass up the opportunity: I’m tired, there’s too much going on, school is bananas…LIFE.
Yet here I am, back at it for another year. What keeps me going?
- I like doing hard things. It puts me in the space of being a learner, and it’s uncomfortable. I’ve actually grown to relish that discomfort. And being in that space of discomfort? It gives me admiration and respect for everything I ask my students to do every. Darn. Day.
- The community. I’ve met so many amazing writers and humans through Two Writing Teachers. I’m lucky to know so many insightful, wise folks that I call colleagues and friends.
- Nothing – NOTHING – has done more to make me a better teacher of writing than to actually be a writer myself. And if for no other reason than I can speak to the kids honestly about the successes and challenges we both face in our quest for creative expression.
Write on, my friends! Let’s make this a wonderful March.
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