Welcome to the weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge. Write your story, share it, and then comment on other posts.
For many of the community members, writing is the way to make meaning. Brené Brown reminds me of the importance of creating in order to cultivate meaning.
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Published by Melanie Meehan
I am the Writing and Social Studies Coordinator in Simsbury, CT, and I love what I do. I get to write and inspire others to write! Additionally, I am the mom to four fabulous daughters and the wife of a great husband.
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With Covid and the stress from starting face to face learning, I’ve just not written. Yet, here we are.\
My blog about not reading the comments: https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2020/09/08/i-dont-read-the-comments-sol20/
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Nearly missed it for the third week in a row, but I sat down & wrote as fast as I could. Going back to school has never been quite like this… https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2020/09/08/almost-ready/
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A very thin slice of my life today on my second day of mask-to-mask school.
https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2020/09/09/my-slice-of-life-is-getting-thinner/
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What in the world? Perhaps one of you may know, because I have no clue
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/what-in-the-world-2/
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“All these moments of wonder,
Of joy
Flutter and wave about –
And yet.”
Joy in the time of COVID…https://edsoapbox.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/joy-in-the-time-of-covid/
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Physical pain is sometimes a lesson that has been a long time coming. https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2020/09/09/pausing-for-pain/
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An old favorite proves to be a timeless treasure. https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2020/09/sometime-seinfeld.html
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Memory Triggers – what we learn
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/memory-triggers-what-we-learn/
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Feel like cooking up a classroom storm this year? Here’s my current recipe…
https://writingandlaughing.com/2020/09/08/todays-recipe-for-first-and-second-grade/
🙂
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I reflected on things that I discovered on our first day of school.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/things-i-discovered-today-sol20/
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First day!
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2020/09/09/sol-first-day-jitters/
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Of Squirrels and Bees:
https://portcityspaces.ca/karenjmclean/2020/09/08/of-squirrels-and-bees/
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Of Squirrels and Bees:
https://portcityspaces.ca/karenjmclean/2020/09/08/of-squirrels-and-bees/
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Hitting deadlines and the trail! https://timgels.com/2020/09/08/deadlines-and-trails-to-hit/
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Walking with my 10-year-old and getting the gossip on the neighborhood squirrels. http://createaliterateclassroom.com/slice-of-life-challenge-3-squirrel-stories/
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https://pelicansandprose.com/2020/09/08/not-the-first-day-of-school/
Blessings to each of you who are teaching this fall.
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The Brene Brown quote Melanie shared was the thing that got me writing- because I needed to make meaning of that.
https://lisakeelerblog.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/writing-the-moments-2/
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Hello Slicers,
Today’s slice is about #Time2Write, an online writing workshop started by Jen Laffin – @laffinteach
https://elisawaingort.com/2020/09/06/my-writing-life/
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I wasn’t going to write, but then you all showed up and inspired me – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/first-day/
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My post today was inspired by another slicer and ponders how we are helping the monarchs. https://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2020/09/08/the-down-side-of-raising-monarchs/.
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A super small slice for a very big moment today. First day of school for my first grader and fifth grader. http://literacytogether.org/solsc/x4jbcjxb5kd4xlxy4y2n2ff7wah96a
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This past Saturday, the last Saturday before school started, was an odd sort of a day.
https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2020/09/08/not-quite-ready/
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Sorry the beginning didn’t format as a poem. This new block publishing has me stymied.
https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/1370
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My husband got my desk fixed AND my pictures up.
https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2020/09/slice-of-life-how-to-get-non-tippy-desk.html
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Here’s my entry today! https://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2020/09/slice-of-life-tuesday-shot.html
Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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A slice of a life lesson I got while driving to school: https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-art-of-swerving.html
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Some precious memories from my Dad’s passing,
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2020/09/life-and-death.html
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Quaranting isn’t so bad especially when you can surround yourself with your favorite people
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/quaranteam-memories/
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How can a cake make you feel old? Let me explain.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/recipe-makes-me-feel-old/
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The town where I live is having a long overdue debate about renaming a high school mascot. “A Matter of Tradition: Coming to Grips with Native American Mascots”
https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-matter-of-tradition-coming-to-grips.html?m=1
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We still have one more week before we start remote teaching and things are still confusing. But there is some beauty.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/calm-amidst-the-calamity/
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Weather Forecasts: Hope or Gloom and Doom?
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/sol20-weather/
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Dogs Need People, too.
https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/dogs-need-people/
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1st day jitters… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/1st-day-jitters/
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Why not? https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/hummingbird-miracle-sol20/
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A start of year full of firsts!
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/kind-of-like-fifty-first-dates-only-not/
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A short poem posted moments before I start this school year.
Good luck to all the teachers here! Thanks TWT for ALL your summer PD support!
I’m standing on your shoulders today!
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/summer-ends-school-begins/
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Raising monarchs leads to wisdom: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2020/09/08/slice-of-life-wisdom-of-the-monarch/
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These days, you have to indulge when you can. Go ahead and eat ice cream when you can!
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/eattheicecream/
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My daughter turned the same age as I was when I gave birth to her–a Slice about half-lives: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2020/09/tuesday-slice-half-lives.html
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some thoughts on being in a different mental space than many (most?) others
https://voiceoftheuntethered.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/culture-shock/
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I had another slice written, but then this happened,,,https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/i-owe-a-lot-to-butterflies/
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My brother and sister-in-law live on a lake, and daily, she takes photos of the sunset. They are often an inspiration for a moment of beauty in the day- and for poetry.
https://wp.me/p2fY1t-1pg
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First day
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2020/09/09/sol-first-day-jitters/
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Are women as good as migrants after marriage? The tale of a married woman who is at cross roads in the middle of her life. Read at: https://soansrezones.home.blog/2020/09/08/the-bride/
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Today is my first day with students, face to face, since March 13th. Here are some back to school wishes, no matter what type of teaching and learning you are engaged in this year: https://kathleenneaglesokolowski.weebly.com/courage-doesnt-always-roar–blog/wishes-for-all-of-us-2020-back-to-school-sol20
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The beautiful September day invited a walk…the journey imparted meaning.
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2020/09/07/lines-on-a-path-in-the-woods/
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School’s First Day of School: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/schools-first-day-of-school/
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three haiku’s telling the story of a hydrangea in summer….
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/hydrangea-story/
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‘A Pen for my Thoughts.’ Sharing my penchant for a particular type of pen. A writer must be comfortable in order for the words to flow
https://livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-pen-for-my-thoughts.html
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