A Pleasant Surprise!

My college freshman!

I taught Morgan when she was in 9th grade, and then I was blessed to teach her again when she was a senior.

She is home for a visit, and she stopped by to say Hi. What a pleasant surprise!

She is now a freshman at a college in Boston, and you can see from her smile that she is happy...

Morgan is a finance major and will be doing an internship with GE, she is on the lacrosse team, she has her very first boyfriend ever, she is learning great life lessons, and she is loving life.

She remembered me saying that if she plans properly, she will have time to do everything that she wants to do: go to class, study, party, workout, and sleep. (They really do listen.)

I am one proud teacher....

A visit from Morgan was such a pleasant surprise!!

Morgan, keep on keeping on.........

Checking In....

My seniors from last year crossed my mind! So, I sent them an email to find out how things are going, and this is what I got:

Response #1

Hi Ms. Stallworth! 

I'm doing very well! I'm over at George Mason now. I'm not very sure what my major is yet, but I'm leaning towards the medical field. I think the toughest part when heading into college is not really knowing what you want to do for the rest of your life. I actually ran into AJ the other day and we were talking about you! AJ says 'hi' by the way. How have you been doing? I hope your senior and freshmen class aren't giving you a hard time. Thank you for checking up on me!

Response #2

Hey Ms. Stallworth!

How are you? I'm doing good in NYC. Im adjusting living in my own apartment. I'm going to fashion institute of technology and working at juicy on fifth ave. I'm having so much fun here!! I've had the opportunity to meet Kim kardashian and Alessandra ambrosio , a Victoria secret model, during fashion week. I'm about to start interning for this blog site called, Hollywood life , and my duty will be attending events and writing entries about the event. I'm going to fashion week which I'm very excited. I passed my semester with a 3.5 GPA. My classes have been very engaging. My teachers are people who helped start Georgio Armani get famous and was the vp of Calvin Klein. They are huge inspirations and I'm blessed to go to the school. If you're ever in NYC, come visit me!

Reponse #3

 Yes, I love it here at JMU the professors are awesome and lots of great people and classes! :)

Response #4

Hi Ms. Stallworth, 

Everything is going great! I'm enjoying college and am learning a lot about things, even life in general. It's been a real eye opening and a maturing experience. I wanted to thank you for being such a great teacher. How are things with you? 

Response #5

Good Morning Ms. Stallworth!

College is great! I love the freedom and just being able to do whatever you want. When I first got here, I was home-sick for about two weeks and wanted to stay in my room all the time because I didn't know anyone. But I ended up making friends from all over Virginia and the east coast. It's cool getting to know people who have different ideas than I do and also makes me thankful that I was able to grow up in Arlington. I never realized how much parents influence their children's ideals/beliefs and how it reflects in their children's life decisions. Before coming here I never thought I would be friends with a Republican because of our opposing views but it wasn't ever issue. Until the election rolled around and we were always on edge because we didn't want out candidate to lose. Obama won and I'm glad I was able to vote for him! Definitely a highlight of  freshman year! I wish I could go to the inauguration but I'll watch it on tv. First semester as a Bio major went alright, I ended up with a couple of B+'s, B's, and B-'s. I took a writing course which involved writing papers every week and ended with writing a 10-page research paper. It was painful for me but I was able to manage ha. I also attached one of my essays in case you wanted to read it.  I hope your year is going well and your love for Toni Morrison!

 Life of Pi was also made into a movie!

To be young, to be young, to be young with your WHOLE life ahead of you.................

Conformation to keep doing what I am doing!!!

Thankful Thursday: To Just Be A Girl Sometimes....

Friends In New Orleans

Okay, I know this will sound strange too some, and there are others who will get exactly what I am writing about. So, here it is...

I remember quite vividly being in college with a car, gas card, no bills, and feeling so grown and free. My only real responsibility was to not get put out school for no reason whatsoever.

Well, I remember not worrying about what I was going to eat, or how I was going to get some place, the bills, the job, people etc. All I know is that I was just a girl going with whatever....

Every now and then, I want to be just be a girl, if only for a weekend, and that is exactly what happened on my trip to New Orleans last week: We did not have any real cares. We were just girls who wanted to see what would happen.

Conya, who happened to be in the South for business, picked us up from the airport. We came from Philadelphia, Minnesota, and DC, and we all arrived at New Orleans' airport around the same time. (Serendipity!)

Conya picked us up!

Rachelle and Omiyoe were ready!

Jennifer was ready!

We proceeded to the hotel to check in and begin the weekend just being girls....................

Waiting to check in!

Hotel lobby.. waiting to check in!

And then it started....

Every now and then, it is medicine for the heart to just be a girl if only for a little while!!

Today, Thankful Thursday, I am sooooo grateful to just be a girl sometimes, and in the summer, most of the time.

Consider spending the day with someone who makes you feel youthful...............