Amy M. Schaefer
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I am an "accidental blogger". When I launched my writing career in March of 2014, one of the things that I decided to include was my journaling, which I have always found to be a comforting and therapeutic endeavor.  It was a big risk to open myself up in such a public forum, but it has taught me that, for the most part, we share far more experiences than we think. It's comforting to know I'm not alone!  (*the "Button Text" is the link to my first novel)
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It has finally happened, the World has gone BANANAS!

3/20/2020

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Feeling nostalgic in my classroom Thursday 2020...Go BULLDOGS!
On Monday morning 16 March 2020 I walked into my school building and a cloud of uncertainty. None of my colleagues thought when we left on Friday, we'd be coming back to no students. I spent the work week in my classroom diligently working on turning my normal daily routine with students into a totally digital learning setting but every second, those babies both present and former, were at the front of my mind. I miss their noisy faces. It was great having the luxury of a potty break (with plenty of toilet paper) whenever I needed one, but I'd have gladly traded it for halls filled with our funny, annoying, delightful little human creatures. The World is going to look different when we come out of this, y'all. All I can hope is that different will equate to better.

I've been preparing all week for what seems to be the eventuality that I might not go back to a brick and mortar school building for the rest of the year, all the while lying awake at night contemplating our ever-changing definition of "normal". It was stuffy in the house last night, as Spring slipped in just the way it always does. I felt as if the walls were closing in around me, the too warm air trying to suffocate me. I got up and opened windows sometime after midnight. No street noise. The only sound I could hear was a fat frog waking up from winter's sleep and letting me know he was still hanging out in the pond out back. Had I told everyone what I needed to say? Have I apologized to the people who deserve one from me? What bags am I still carrying that it is way past time to put down? These questions bounced around in my brain as I attempted to fall asleep. Exhaustion finally won that battle but from the moment I woke up today, the questions without answers and the crazy uncertainty of the times came back in full force.

On the other side of this, I want the World to be a better place. I hope that people will have "fresh eyes and more patience" with one another. I hope we will love each other and our Earth more and obsess over our differences less. And may we finally, finally realize that every role, every job, every face, heart, and mind has value. 

Oh, and please stop hording the toilet paper FFS! Nobody needs to have enough toilet paper to last them till the end of time! Also, keep making the funny memes! We need to be able to laugh now more than ever!
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    About The Author

    I grew up in rural North Carolina. When I was only nineteen, I moved away and became a military wife. My only aspiration at that tender time in my life was to create an adult life that "fixed" all of the "injustices" of my childhood. Secretly, however, I wanted to reach for the sky! I wanted to be a writer and find ways to "save the world" (my mother used to say, "You have Save the World Syndrome".). Mostly, I wanted to matter.

    Since then, I have learned to reach well beyond what I ever dared to think was possible. I've learned not to allow fear to stop me from whatever future I want to create!

    What keeps me grounded? My Tribe! What provides the wind beneath my wings? A well of reserves filled with unstoppable passion!

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  • Amy M. Schaefer, Writer
  • Blog: From the Front Porch
  • Novels
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    • Children's Books
  • About the Author
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  • Photo & Art Gallery