Thursday, June 12th, 2008
God allows miracles to happen when its least expected. March 23, 1991 my mother’s first child myself Jocelyn Marie Blake was born. When I was born they had discovered that I had run out growing room in my mother’s womb so my legs were not able to develop properly. My mother was happy despite my complication. However, because of this complication other problems had raised. The doctor told her that there was something wrong with the bones in my legs. My legs were severely bowed and my bones were too soft and I wouldn’t be able to walk. With a broken heart my mother took this piece of information and returned home. She refused to believe what the doctors had said and went on her own search. (more…)
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
As a teacher in high school I had many moments that made the day go by fast. One in particular has always stayed with me.
I was teaching my students how to write a fable in junior English class. I explained that a fable must have animal characters that have human traits. We read several famous fables and I told them that the fable must also teach a moral lesson.
They began to ask questions about the assignment. When is it due? How long does it have to be? Can it have any animal in it? I answered the last question that they could choose any animal they wanted to. Then, from one poor little student, who always seemed to be slower than a teen age girl getting ready for prom, came the question. Could he write about a gorilla?
Yes, I said.
Oh, he said. How do you spell gorilla?
Before I could answer, from the back of the room came out the answer as T-E-A-C-H-E-R.
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