I am participating in the March Slice of Life Challenge: A slice a day for all of March. You should do it too! Check it out here. Thank you, Two Writing Teachers!
What do you do?
What do you do when the slices of your life aren’t sliceable? When the parts you want to write about are the parts you can’t?
What about when what you want to slice about are students that you have had, have, or will have? What about students who don’t understand a topic, students with learning differences, or who are new to English? You can’t tell the details, but you wish you could. You wish you could describe in detail the way you try to scaffold for them, help them, give them a chance to see themselves as capable. You want to talk about that time they worked so hard on that topic and then it clicked. You want to write about details! You want to explain the frustration and the worry and the hard work. You want to write about the anger you have that this week they will take a test that might not show their growth, even though you have seen growth. So much growth. But you can’t write about these learners, because you would need to spin so much fiction in order to maintain confidentiality.
What do you do when your biggest slice is the prayers you have for a person you care about, waiting for good news? But you can’t slice what isn’t yours to slice.
What about when you want to slice about your own children, their emotions, the tough times – the worries you have that you only talk about with some of your friends? You can’t. It seems like the story isn’t quite yours to tell.
What do you do when the things on your mind aren’t slice-able?
On a Thought 
I thought your slice was perfect. I’ve had some of those exact thoughts throughout this challenge. Read the post where I struggled with this here: http://www.qualityeducator.net/blog/mysecretpost/
Just went to your link – thanks for the connection, the visit and the comment! 🙂 It really is hard knowing what you can and can’t write about…. or maybe it’s just hard listening to what you know is true…
I slice like you do, when the slices aren’t sliceable. We have a peek into what you’re thinking and struggling with. I think you are a thoughtful slicer, leaving some stories alone, yet emphasizing their importance.
Thanks so much -for stopping by and for the lovely comment.
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Can’t even tell you how often I have felt like this in the last few years. I think I do what you are doing too, or choose something else to slice about that isn’t really all that important.
I’m so glad I’m not alone!
Sometimes it’s hard to find the part to tell, when there are so many parts you can’t bear to tell. Your heart is heavy, just know that someone is listening.
Thanks for saying that – it is a good thing to remember. Glad you stopped by – thanks for the comment.