Slice of Life Story Challenge

DAY 2 OF THE MARCH SOLSC! #SOL19

Stacey Shubitz
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Welcome to the second day of the 12th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge! What a thrill yesterday was! I had the opportunity to reconnect with long-time writing friends and meet some new bloggers too!

Please check out today’s announcements and the “Be Inspired” post and quote before you drop the permalink to your slice of life story.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

I’ve streamlined the essential information into a slideshow so the daily calls for slice of life stories aren’t cluttered with text. Even if you’re back for your 12th challenge, please read through the essential information before checking out today’s writing inspiration or leaving the link to your slice of life story.

A special welcome to the first-time Slicers who are joining us this year! Kelsey Corter and Kathleen Sokolowski will be using the participant information form you filled out (Click here if you haven’t filled it out yet.) to match you up with a member of our Welcome Wagon.

BE INSPIRED

Alaina Feliks is new to the Slice of Life Community this year. She joined us for the first time last month. Her post, “This is 42,” caught my eye since she wrote about her age — and what it means — in a deep way. Click here to read Alaina’s post now.

QUESTIONS

Need to contact a co-author with a question? Please email us rather than leaving your question within your comment (below). Thank you, in advance, for your patience with us. We receive a high volume of emails during the first few days of the challenge. We will respond to all emails as soon as possible.

If you have questions about the individual challenge, you may contact one of these co-authors.

  • If your last name begins with the letters A – E, please email questions to Lanny Ball at lanny.ball[at]gmail.com.  
  • If your last name begins with the letters F-I, please email questions to Kelsey Corter at kelseymcorter[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with the letters J-M, please email questions to Betsy Hubbard at betsymhubbard[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with the letters N – Q, please email questions to Melanie Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with the letters R – U, please email questions to Beth Moore, beth[at]elizabethmoore.work.
  • If your last name begins with the letters V – Z, please email questions to Stacey, stacey[at]staceyshubitz.com.

If you have questions about the Classroom Challenge, which will take place next month, you may contact one of these co-authors:

  • If your last name begins with the letters A – M, please email questions to DebFrazier4[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with the letters N – Z, please email questions to Kathleen Sokolowski mrs.sokolowski[at]gmail.com.

Please note: We’re unable to respond to challenge-related questions via Facebook and Twitter.

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Published by Stacey Shubitz

Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her new book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.

321 thoughts on “DAY 2 OF THE MARCH SOLSC! #SOL19”

    1. I have so done that very same thing, waited till the last minute before a storm and then said – note to self “do not go shopping last minute”. Then I do it again a few weeks later, sometimes I leave with no groceries, because the stress of the crowd is overwhelming. Hope your winter closes out on a good note!

      1. Thanks for taking the time to engage in the community by commenting on the posts of fellow slicers! Please leave your comments on the blog of the slicer’s post. Slicers will miss comments left for them in the TWT comment section. This section is for leaving links to Slice of Life posts.
        Thank you for writing and commenting!

    1. I have always loved visiting lighthouses. Being a Colorado landlubber, I have only visited a few in my life but I am struck by how essential they are or were before technology. They were the true “glimmer of hope”. A promise of safety. A source of knowledge. Can I be everything that a lighthouse is? Probably not, but I’ll bring this with me into my week. Thanks!

    1. I love your Atticus quote. It reminds me of a song lyric I heard recently, “I don’t pretend to understand what it’s like stood in your shoes. But I will try them on for you.”

      Thanks for sharing your bio poem!

      1. Hi and welcome! Please leave comments on other people’s posts on their actual blogs. The call for slices is just for people to post the links to their daily posts. Please let me know if that doesn’t make sense.

    1. All the feels! “He loved me that way.” “I loved him that way.” You just captured a grand story in the most simple & stunning manner.

      You are a natural beauty for sure.

  97. Colleen,
    Hello and thank you for writing with us in the Slice of Life Writing Challenge!
    The link you left for today’s post takes us to an editors mode of your blog.

    I think you meant to post this link- https://cflathers.wordpress.com/2019/03/02/in-search-of-a-cat-whisperer/
    this is a permalink

    Tomorrow you’ll want to post a permalink-
    Publish your post
    Click on the title of your post
    Click on the URL (address bar)
    Paste this Permalink in the comment section on TWT

    The permalink takes us directly to the post for the day!

    Happy Slicing!

    1. Hello! Welcome to the March Slice of Life Challenge! Please post the permalink to your published post (not the link you see when you are in editing/typing mode). See the slides and info above for how to find the permalink for your published post. Thank you!

    1. Your post brings to mind such fond memories of playing with Sophie, my daughter, and her beloved cousin, Maggie, playing in new fallen snow up to their waists. Thanks for that – and enjoy these moments!

    1. Hello! Welcome to the March Slice of Life Challenge! Please post the permalink to your published post (not the link you see when you are in editing/typing mode). See the slides and info above for how to find the permalink for your published post. Thank you!

    1. My mother-in-law retired from teaching fourth grade in June 2018. She is back in the classroom! You give me hope in my sixth year that I will not burn out and always look to serve a community of learners.

    1. Sending hugs! I love how you pointed out the difference between being noticed and being seen. It takes a special person to see you…hoping to spread that to my friends and family, even if I don’t feel it!

    1. Life is so much better when the unexpected blows away your plans don’t you think?
      Now I have to post this… I’m trying to prove I’m human and I’m failing at it. Is there a trick around those photos?
      Bonnie

      1. LOVE this poem–I have used it at the end of various lit units for both students and the characters/narrators in their novels. I have also written one of my own every year and each time something new arises. Thanks for reminding me–it’s time to do another one!

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