Wherein Marsha Ward (the founder of American Night Writers Association) and a few of her friends blogged about Life, the Universe, and their place in the World of Writing and Publishing. This blog is now dormant.
and I couldn't get on the computer. Please forgive. Sometimes RL just catches up with you and wala suddenly it's Wednesday night and you were supposed to post on Tuesday night.
This sweet apology just took me straight back to seventh grade and a tender memory. I had written wa-LA! in a Monday report about a magic show I had seen over the weekend. Mrs. Rose, my seemingly-past-retirement-age teacher, called me up to her desk and let me in on a special secret. She whispered a French word and wrote it on a small piece of paper. The word was "Voila!" I've never forgotten that kindness. She could have marked me wrong, or just ignored the innocent mistake of an 11-year-old child, but she knew I was the kind of kid who would want to know the correct spelling and she taught it to me . . . because she was a good teacher.
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I totally get that. I look forward to reading what you have to say next time! hugs~
ReplyDeleteCompletely understand. Always love to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteThis sweet apology just took me straight back to seventh grade and a tender memory. I had written wa-LA! in a Monday report about a magic show I had seen over the weekend. Mrs. Rose, my seemingly-past-retirement-age teacher, called me up to her desk and let me in on a special secret. She whispered a French word and wrote it on a small piece of paper. The word was "Voila!" I've never forgotten that kindness. She could have marked me wrong, or just ignored the innocent mistake of an 11-year-old child, but she knew I was the kind of kid who would want to know the correct spelling and she taught it to me . . . because she was a good teacher.
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