Slice of Life is sponsored every Tuesday by Stacey and Ruth from Two Writing Teachers. For the month of March we are challenging ourselves to write a Slice A Day.
Driving
home from the Michigan Reading Association’s annual conference today, I tried
to focus on my audiobook, Bud, Not Buddy. However I quickly realized
that three and a half hours of sleep and an audio book were not a good
combination.
My car raced down the interstate
Music surrounded me
Singing at the top of my lungs.
Singing at the top of my lungs.
Trying to stay awake
Listening to the songs
And thinking about the past three
days.
Here are
just a few songs that I heard on the five-hour drive back – and what they made
me think of:
The
Mountain Goats – This Year
I love
this song; I first heard it during The Evening of Awesome with John and Hank
Green. When I was listening I thought of everything teachers are struggling
under - the weight of Common Core, growth model, assessment, RTI, and more. Before
heading to MRA this weekend I was feeling a bit like Sisyphus, but after being
with my friends for three days, my load is lighter. I am going to make it and
emerge on the other side even stronger.
Mumford
and Sons – I Will Wait
I’m sure
this song is about a relationship. However, these lines drew me in:
And I came home
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of darkness
Which we've known
Will blow away with this new sun
I have to say, when joining Twitter I didn’t plan on finding
people to follow that would become close friends, but I have. There are several
that when I saw them this weekend, I fell
into their arms. It had been a hard – dark
– week at school. I needed them. As they hugged, tight, I felt my body simply
relax. Ahhhh. These people rejuvenate
me. They leave me inspired, ready to teach, and feeling so happy – just like
this song.
Phillip Phillips – Home
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