What is there to say?

I started to say that the problem with creating a new blog is deciding what to say. I'm rethinking that. I think the bigger issue would be what NOT to say. There are so many things I do want to write about, and it is tough to narrow my thoughts. I want to tell all about the important things in life . . . life as I see it anyway. I'd like to at least get into words and images the things in my world that make life worth living, even in the difficult times . . . the things that would give me strength to fight my way into the lifeboat instead of giving up and drowning in a dark stormy sea of troubles.

Some of the important things are funny . . . like the picture of my dogs Gabbi and Murphy . . . a picture I had to photoshop in order to get them close to each other. It wasn't love at first sight.

For most things in my life, love comes much more easily . . . family, friends, the children I teach. And there are so many things that interest me. I always wanted to know "a little bit about a lot of things."

I think I will have to write about books . . . reading many of them . . . and just filling up my house with others, simply because it feels right.

And I definitely need to write about school. Work, that is. I have many, many more teaching ideas than I could ever actually put into practice. I have a bizillion links for teachers: lists of educational websites for kids, ideas for using technology in the classroom, sites for parents, good shopping places for teachers. I have a lot to say about writing itself, especially about journaling and teaching students to love it. Maybe when I learn it, I will even write about formatting blog posts when your favorite punctuation is the ellipses!

I imagine I might end up writing some "what does it mean?" posts too. I try not to go there too often, but invariably it happens . . . especially after a long conversation with one of the "sistas." But I really do hope to get to spend a lot of time just writing to show my favorite people all of the cool things that exist, just in case they didn't already know it. Maybe one of them will actually find another reason or two to "head for the lifeboat!"