Frances Lin

I am unique. There isn't anyone like me. That's for sure.

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

@grithale @shelbiewitte @ThoughtfulRead Thanks so much, Margaret, for highlighting this takeaway from our session. We know what is good for our kids, so it is up to us to do it despite the state and district mandates that interfere at times. It is hard for sure, but we need to empower ourselves as well as our kids.

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

@doxtdatorb So sorry, Benjamin! I am on week two, and it is def better than week one. I wanted to cry, but I just kept taking a deep breath. My sleep got better this week which has helped. Hardest start to the school year in 19 years of teaching! You are not alone... :-)

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

#YWADedicate is amazing! Back to my yoga practice after a whole year of no exercise! This is only the beginning...

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

@LindaSuePark @ncte @iChrisLehman Very excited to meet Linda Sue Park! It was a wonderful luncheon.

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Day 3 of #YWATRUE. Really excited about stretching. The former gymnast in me is really coming out after all these years. I started this yoga practice to fulfill the exercise of my word for the year - hope. True is helping me redefine this word in my life. Thanks, Adriene!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Two more days of writing before this book is done. Coffee ice cream and hot fudge is helping me to the finish line!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

I disappeared... Apparently writing a dissertation and a book will do that to you! Dissertation is done! Book done in 3 days. Then I knit!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

She's pink and a cat, so I brought her home.

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

It is almost 2pm, and I am still in my Tinkerbell PJs watching my nephew play Lego Marvels. This is so freaking awesome!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Okay... Terrified of this thing. I need to assemble it by myself! How in the world do I do this?

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Strawberry ice cream with strawberries on top! I am allowing myself to eat ice cream in the name of writing! Mmm...

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

My pre-dissertation sustenance. I can do this... I can do this...

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

When I am down, ice cream always cheers me up! Spumoni... Mmm... Almost forgot what bothered me in the first place!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

I eat alfredo pasta twice a year. It was definitely an alfredo day. Ugh!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

I am craving blazing wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. Gotta love ghost peppers! I think I need protein. Maybe time for ice cream... Yum!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

The poetry did not consume me this time. Of course the poem was not great, but I got it done. Wrote the poem for adults first. That helped!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Camarones a la diabla... Not spicy enough, but good! Why am I so relaxed? It is so bizarre! Poetry coming up!

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Off to lunch... My book is way over page count. Big surprise. Nobody cares ever. Not even my professors. Let's see how the poetry goes...

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Writing... Concerned about writing the children's poetry. I haven't written poetry in a while. I am rusty, I know... Starbuck's after lunch.

[Frances Lin @frannieLin1]

Just had a hot bowl of Italian wedding soup I made yesterday. Mmm... Pork chops with freekeh salad tonight. Yum! Now back to writing!