Tales of a Tattler

We often see teaching as the act of imparting knowledge, and so we call it a “calling.” But in truth, teaching is a learning, a quiet and steadfast journey that shapes both the giver and the receiver of knowledge, until at times it becomes hard to tell who is who. Every class, every question, every hesitant answer becomes a gentle conversation between experience and innocence, wisdom and wonder.    Both Sides of the Desk is a reflection on this shared journey, on how standing before a class can awaken the memories of once sitting among them, and on how the lessons we give often return to us in unexpected, tender ways. It is a reminder that learning never truly ends; it simply changes desks.

  The earth’s turning is more than just rotation, and breath more than respiration; it is the universe expressing itself through us, and we through it. So Hum is a poem that breathes, meditates, and gently dissolves into something larger.

  One person's scrap is another person's home. What looks like refuse to some is the thread others use to stitch into shelter, memory, and belonging.  Stray Away is a story of a boy and the bonds that kept him tethered to a world that has little space for him. 

  Healing is never linear. Some wounds close while others open, and the healing touch itself can both mend or leave a mark of its own. Mosaic is a poem that lingers in that paradox of being broken and mended.