Ms. Millie and Friends

I remember my Daddy telling me as a little girl to always be loyal and stand by the person/ground you believe in.  The person you are helping will know you have confidence in them and they in turn will trust you.  In the past few days this came to pass twice.   The first was a […]

I have been fortunate through out my years and usually my favorite day to celebrate is my birthday. And people usually look perplexed when I mention this to them.  Some will reply who wants to be another year older?  “And I quickly say” I do without hesitation. After all this is my personal day and […]

Just a week ago I wrote how much I was looking forward to the next few days helping my students and celebrating my birthday.  It started on Monday evening at one of our local restaurants where Joe and his wife Chanipa and myself ordered some great food and had a brownie sundae with a candle […]

Last week was by far a near perfect time helping at the school.  My students are excelling and the teachers are happy with their progress.  They assured me that my being there for them week after week is so important in building their confidence.   This alone is by far the biggest complement I could receive […]

It seems I have found my happy place to be and although it is not my all time favorite like dancing it is running a close second.  The past three and half weeks I have given about 40 hours to being a mentor for a sixteen year old-helping children from ages 5-11 with word recognition […]