Today concludes the thirty-one-day Slice of Life Story Challenge with Two Writing Teachers. Today I cross the finish line with many fellow Slicers, having written a post each day.
But the writing doesn’t end here.
Nor does the challenge …
That’s the thing. Now, more than ever before in our lives, is a time to write.
The photo above is of a pocket notebook a friend and mentor gave as a parting gift to all who attended her retirement celebration years ago. Her love of writing and advocacy for teachers as writers inspires me to this day. She also passed the torch of facilitating district writing workshop training to me … until this year, when it is no longer offered. But I carry the notebook with me everywhere I go, just to remind me …
Teachers, students, families, friends, citizens of the world, all … today I offer the same to you, in the ongoing composition of life: Write bravely.
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write your stories
share your glories
write bravely
write for healing
name the feeling
write bravely
write all your rages
fill all your pages
write bravely
write through your tears
conquer your fears
write bravely
write of the past
save it at last
write bravely
write of your sorrows
and your tomorrows
write bravely
write them for you
and for me, too
write bravely
write bravely
write bravely
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