In July 2008, I moved to St. Louis to start teaching in the city schools. By December, I had joined a Community Group with The Journey and was told that our group would be serving at Affordable Christmas. (I had no idea what Affordable Christmas was. If you don't know what it is, check it out ...
"It's not that I don't want those kids to have help...I just don't understand why it has to be you."
That was my Mom's response six years ago as I prepared for my first trip to the Lou. I had signed up for my college's spring break trip to work with the CAC in East St. Louis. The trip had forced ...
In my first year of teaching at Long Middle School in South City, I somehow got roped into coaching every sport. I coached flag football, basketball, and soccer for two years...and won 4 games...all by forfeit. (For those of you who aren't so sports savvy, that means I didn't really ever win ...