Thursday, September 10, 2009

this day

Yesterday, I asked my students to write a paragraph on “the best day of my life.” One young woman asked me, “what if I don’t have one?” I told her to just write about a really good day. “I don’t have one of those, either,” she said. So, holding back any sign of tears, I told her to write about what her best day would look like if she could design it. She smiled and began writing. Do you have a best day yet? Are you working on writing a new one?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

One day I left the people I was staying with to visit a woman I fell in love with. The sky was dramatic cloudy and beautiful, it was warm without being too warm, and the thought of seeing propelled me the whole day. Turned out to be a nice night also.