Reading, "Push"

So hard to read the brutal words that shape her life. The most brilliant line that brought me to my knees is about coloring. Why care anymore about coloring in the second grade when in the scheme of her life and being abused everynight by her father, does it really matter? WHen her teacher tells her to care, one is not surprised when she says, "really?"

Amazon.com: Push: A Novel (9780679766759): Sapphire: Books

Amazon.com: Push: A Novel (9780679766759): Sapphire: Books

I believe

The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don't Mind - Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Minnesota Book Award Finalist

The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don't Mind

Morgan is a witty, sarcastic sixteen-year-old who lives in a small town in Nebraska and struggles with an alcoholic dad, a crush on a boy at work, and rumors at school that she is a lesbian. Even worse, she discovers that her Grandma, the person she trusts most, has kept a shocking secret from her. Now she is forced to change her whole life around. Kirstin Cronn-Mills grew up in Nebraska, but now lives in southern Minnesota and teaches English at a college in Mankato. This is her first novel.

Fresh, intelligent offbeat, realistic-

READ IT!

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I think, very fascinating.............................

Sometimes being a Mom and a Teacher is a Crap Ass Job

Just stating it as I see it.  You can be the best thing in the world one day and the worst the next.  Does any teacher/Momr ever wonder... that is what you get paid for? What do you do? And it is so far from teaching the curriculum that you think ...is that what I am going to get my family in debt for...that teaching degree???????????????.  Does any Mom (I always capitalize Mom because it is a term of  royalty) realize what these sweet babies will utter out of their mouths one day?  I am so done with Mom things and teacher things.  No one else can take anymore from me tonight.  I understand nature and the whole thing about kicking the fledgling out of the nest.  Be gone young flapper , out of your mouth that hates all.  I wish they were all 2 and adored me.  This age SUCKS! All the experts say to be careful of the early years...I say watch out for the middle school CRAP!
I want my babies back.............  :  (