Stressed Stories

It was a day, a week, a month full of turmoil. It ended with three of her students getting into fist fights, two of them within the four walls of her classroom. Along with a parent blaming her for their child’s inability to pass, let alone behave, and another student being hurt in a car accident, her ruined day, week, and month were now complete. Back when she was a middle school teacher, this would have been the norm; th...

It's a Thursday evening and you had text me around four saying you were having a stressful day and would be late coming home. It was now nearly eight and I have been sitting on the bottom step for almost two hours. I am beginning to get a numb butt and very hungry. You bought this outfit I'm wearing over the weekend. To my surprise, you left it out on the bed for me this morning when you went to work. I didn’t understand...