Passionately Managing Life

It's taken some time to write this. Mainly because you'll critique it for grammatical errors, but I don't care. This is hard. I've purposely tried to distance myself from you over the last month because you were leaving me. Selfish I know. You were not happy but I still wanted you to be there. This was a very hard decision for you and you are so use to making hard decisions so I get it. It's about peace of mind and quality of life and internal happiness. I want all of those things for you BUT I'll miss seeing you every day. There is no superhero Mrs. Martin without Ms. Di. Your legacy at our school is going to go down on history. NO ONE WILL EVER BE LIKE YOU. No English teacher, AP, leader anyone. Your heart is unlike anything I have ever seen in a school. In life period. Above and beyond always. Without question. I brought my child to Lenfest because you would be her teacher and turned into her mentor on so many levels. Meditation, mindfulness, prison reform, a...

Today was amazing. My daughter graduated. My daughter. Not step daughter. Not bonus daughter but my daughter. Our daughter 💖 (Eema and Tyrec thank you both so much for allowing me to join this team). This journey has been one that I could never have even imagined and I am still having trouble getting the words together without shedding tears. This journey has been full of love from all parties. Jaleya is apart of my entire heart and I love her with everything in me. And she is now a high school graduate. From my beloved Mastery Lenfest. Graduation is my job. A job that I always take incredibly seriously. But my baby broke me. She broke the serious, straight to the point, graduation time keeping, straight faced, celebrating to a minimum, no tears at graduation Mrs. Martin. If you know me you know how truly passionate I am about college and career training for young adults and finding money for college. You know that I dive into my work head first and am considered a school ...