Category: Writing Workshop

  • It was not until our Youngest was 5-years-old that Hubby and I dared to take a trip away from the boys. In 2010, we drove to St. Louis for a few days to let us be a couple instead of just parents of our two boys.

  • A few weeks ago, the Youngest and I embarked on his 14-year-old trip and my EPIC trip with my friend. I made the decision for us to all ride the Maid of the Mist. The Maid of the Mist is in the New York side of Niagara Falls. We were staying on the Canadian side…

  • Fall of 1995 was not an ordinary fall for me. I worked at Walt Disney World from September to January of that year.

  • A Little Kindness Helps

    I’m currently on a 14-year-old trip with the Youngest. HE turned 14 on Saturday. When his brother turned 14 two years ago, he went on a trip to Hershey Park. Back in March, I asked the Youngest where do you want to go? He had 3 criteria – a foreign country, a beach, and Disney.…

  • So Many Stop Signs – Videos of the Memorial Day Destruction

    For today’s writing prompt, I decided to share some videos that I have been taken after the Memorial Day tornado outbreak. After the tornado outbreak, at least 80 traffic lights were blown out or were not working because of the lack of power in the area. As a result, many major intersections became four way…

  • As I looked at the writing prompts for this week, I could not figure out which one of the prompts would go along with what I wanted to write/ share about. Then I was driving around yesterday after the Memorial Day tornadoes, I was driving in one of the areas hit by one of the…

  • Do the Traci

    Today’s writing prompt is ” If someone were to say they “pulled a (insert your name here)” what might they have done? “

  • It’s the end of the school year. It’s time to clean and pack up my room. It seems that when I start to pick up my room, students come into my room and mess it up.

  • Sometimes Life Needs to Slow Down

    Today I chose the writing prompt – Write about something that surprised you. I’m not going to write about my car being broken into the other day. Yes, that did surprise me. And yes, it did surprise me that we had cleaned it out so there was nothing in the car except for coffee mugs,…

  • Spring in my Neighborhood

    It took a while for spring to actually arrive in my neck of the woods. Now that it has, it is absolutely beautiful.