I write today to exorcize the demons that exist in my family and tend to occupy my thoughts, destabilizing the person that needs to show up and be fully present for young adults…. that person is me, Ms. Chavez. You know that person, cause you may have that b*tch in your family.. you know them,Continue reading “This b*tch…”
Author Archives: Rosa Isabel Chavez
They don’t make them like they use to
This term must have been said a thousand times.. maybe because of the many examples we had.. grandmothers, grandpa’s, old uncles and aunts.. people that belonged in a time passed, one that required strength, resilience and grit in the face of loss and uncertainty.My grandmother was my example. Her story was her power and oneContinue reading “They don’t make them like they use to”
It still hurts..
It feels like I’m in a vortex, a wind tunnel where I can’t see, or hear, or feel. My wrongful reassignment, my expulsion from my home, my former classroom, happened about a year ago, and it still hurts.. There is no ‘getting over’ this, and some may believe it extreme, but I don’t. And IContinue reading “It still hurts..”
The Answers we Seek..
I somehow LOVE shows that have to do with ‘who dunits’.. My first memory? 1985 – ‘Clue’! Imagine an 11 year old little Dominican-Ecuadorian American girl, whose first language is Spanish loving a movie such as CLUE??!! I can tell you this much.. Leslie Ann Warren will remain etched in my brain. After that movie,Continue reading “The Answers we Seek..”
What I learned about LOVE..
My grandfather banged on our front door, it was about 11:30 at night on a school night and he wouldn’t let up. My grandmother and I were alone in the apartment and I needed to go to sleep because work required me to get up by 6 A.M. I opened the door and there heContinue reading “What I learned about LOVE..”
Kindred Spirits in a Circle
I signed up for a workshop called ‘Restorative Practices’, a 4 day professional development that took place outside of the school building in my old neighborhood of Harlem. I wasn’t really looking forward to going but I opened my heart and mind to what I could learn. The truth is, “Restorative Practices’ was something IContinue reading “Kindred Spirits in a Circle”
New Year, Same Sh!t?
I ended 2025 visiting my husband’s family; my extended family living across the Atlantic in a country I fell in love with waaaaay before I got married. The first redhead I fell for was Eric Stoltz back in 1987; he was an actor in the romantic teen drama film ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’. He mayContinue reading “New Year, Same Sh!t?”
What keeps me going.. (E)
This blog contains explicit language, so read on and clutch your pearls or unsubscribe if you don’t like what you read. Stay Blessed. It’s the 63rd day of school… counting Monday to Friday.. almost always looking forward to the weekend.. sometimes taking my earned right to personal days.. I wasn’t this teacher and I missContinue reading “What keeps me going.. (E)”
In hindsight
I’ve gone from seeing my therapist once a month to once a week, and sometimes I believe I need to speak to her more often.. I am not the type of person to open up to anyone because I believe it to be a burden.. and live in reciprocity. I don’t want anyone burdening me,Continue reading “In hindsight”
Making Lemonade
Never has that saying, ‘when life gives you lemons’ hit the hardest for me than now. For all that haven’t heard the news, Ms. Chavez is no longer a teacher at Fashion High, and whether it is important to some and not important to many, the WHY begs to be explored and exposed because itContinue reading “Making Lemonade”
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