Monthly Archives: April 2013
Life is a great adventure if you want it to be. All of my life I have been on a continuous and focused journey to discover who I am and who I want to become. This essential quest has not always been an easy one, but it has never been boring or uneventful. At times much confusion and stress existed, but for the most part, I have tried to remain positive and active. As many of my…..
As I have already stated in previous blogs and in my book, writing this book was an act of love for me. I fell in love with Egypt and the many Egyptians I met and befriended there. When I came home, I wrote this book to record my memories but also to use it as a platform to enable the rest of the world to get to know this amazing land—this ancient land of the…..
Writing about one’s life experiences can be fun but also extremely eye opening. This book was truly an act of love for me. With a genuine smile on my face, I would sit at my desk for many hours, write my memories down on my laptop, and dream once more of being back in Egypt. This book has also been a blessing to me in many ways. It kept me from being so homesick for Egypt…..
March 29, 201
People sometimes ask me this question: How did you arrive at this title for your book and why is it so long?
Writing my book was relatively easy for me. I completed the original draft in approximately two months and then revised it during the third month. The words came so freely. Naming the chapters was also not difficult. The titles seemed to be the right ones to describe the information in each chapter. However,…..
When I was a small child, I dreamed of being a famous actress, a singer, and a dancer. I wanted to be another Doris Day or Debbie Reynolds, but God had other plans for me. He convinced me that I was born to be a teacher, and after many years of spending my life as an educator, I know that He was right.
I come from a long line of educators. My late mother taught for forty…..