In My Next Life I Hope to Continue My Sticker-Making Agenda (for Writer's Notebooks) for American Schools Like I Do Now. #WOL24

They're economical. Design a thematic sticker to unite 100s of kids across 8 schools all with he vision to write, write, and write for publication. I am very thankful to the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation and their New Era Writers Program for funding projects that get ideas into the hands of kids. I've secured the schools, the authors, the teachers, and now the notebooks. Writing Our Lives and Cultivating a Collective (The Connecticut Story) where poets, novelists, essays, artists, and script-writers will take their passion for writing and take part in Power of Words (11th edition). 

Kudos to the print shop at Fairfield University for a 24-hour turn-around when they promised 7 days. Now that is efficient, beautiful work. And it's an economical way to unite many kids under one vision.

Yesterday was day 2 of 14-hour days and today is the 3rd. It begins and sunrise and ends at sundown (and I'm pretending I'm young enough to still keep this pace). Lucky for me, Edem stopped by last night so I caught up on the twins and feel better he has his W-9 forms.

I had to wing 30 minutes of my class last night because I simply didn't have the time to finish what I needed to do...yes, the meetings were that intrusive and they continue today. 

It's also day 2 of Ramadan, and in lock with Abu & Lossine and the many students we served and continue to serve, I choose to do the fasting of the month. It's a mental endeavor for me, that helps me to understand the focus it takes, the benefits of meditation, and the power of restricting food during daylight. Overall, it helps to rethink the roles I hope I play in the world, always thinking about sacrifice, prayers to something larger than us, and hope for multiple communities.

And, as always, it's an intent to consume less and, perhaps, shed a few holiday and birthday pounds. It is definitely easier at this time of year than the longer days of summer when the celebration and holiday falls then. Okay, time to ready myself for tonight's class, because the meetings start soon and I only have a couple of seconds to think about the teaching (and instruction) to come.