The Singing Sub: Chronicles of a Singing, Teaching Supermom

Love

 

I’m enjoying the new love in my life.

New friends, new students, new artists and musicians in my life who are demonstrating so much love and support towards me.

I am in awe with how many people…

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Goals

 

I want to go on tour with my Selena Quintanilla Tribute Band, Dreaming of You.

I want to perform in stadiums, in festivals, in gigantic concert halls, all over the United States.

I want to wear her…

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A Brave Outburst

 

There’s 4 of us on the sectional. Camille is upstairs, passed out on my bed, Benji is in her room on his phone being an emo teenager. My mom lays beside me on the chaise, Adrian sits beside me…

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Unexpected Gifts

 

Gifts from my 7th graders.

I noticed the teacher’s classroom was in disorder and that her conference period was 7th, meaning she didn’t get a break all day long until the end of the day AND…

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Gossip

 

Middle School is all about gossip.

It’s where gossip began for me, anyway.

I never engaged in it, but I felt the energy of my schoolmates as they talked about me and then noticed I’d walked…

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When Nature Calls

When Nature Calls

One of the most unfortunate aspects of public schools is that the bathrooms aren’t directly beside every classroom. This isn’t kindergarten or preschool. The big kids and the teachers are expected to be able to hold…

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Repeated Lessons

 

I’m currently experiencing the residue of my former thought patterns in action.

For instance, the idea that I can’t make it as an artist without my day job.

Artist income is considered to be unpredictable. Some of…

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