struggles
Homework: Weeping, Wailing & Nashing of the Teeth
The fifth circle (Anger) by Stradanus via Wikipedia I like helping. I enjoy helping. I derive satisfaction from helping. However, seldom does homework fall under this category for me. One would think it would. It does not. In our house it’s often a knock-down, drag-out fight involving a lot of shouting–sometimes from me. Lots of weeping and wailing and spinning of the wheels–I also gnash my teeth. The amount of resistance I encounter on some nights could power a small village and still have reserves. Afterschool in our house can be compared to a scene from The Inferno. Did I mention that I feel like weeping, wailing and gnashing my teeth? …
So, how did I get here? (Talking Heads, anyone?)
I’m just wrapping up a fantastic online course, DIY PR offered by The Crafty Chica, aka Kathy Cano-Murillo. You can find out about her on either of her sites: http://www.thecraftychica.blogspot.com/ or http://www.chicawriter.blogspot.com/. This course has pushed me to write miscellaneous thoughts in a more public forum and forced me to really think about what I feel is important. My bio is a product of her course. She’s provided tons of valuable information—especially for those who have products or services they want to sell or just want to get their word out. I snuck myself into the course (I paid, of course, but here are all these artists…) because I love her and she’s a…
