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While I am glad they were able to spend more time together, I can‘t imagine the risks they ran or how much pain her husband was in at the beginning of each walk. Sometimes the tone felt very incongruous to the situation. I completely understood why people backed off in many cases when they learned the couple were homeless. No one likes to be reminded of how close we are to being homeless ourselves or of our mortality.

'Excited, afraid, homeless, fat, dying, but at least if we made that first step we had somewhere to go, we had a purpose. And we really didn't have anything better to do at half past three on a Thursday afternoon than to start a 630-mile walk.'

#WickedWhispers Day 26: #Trick

#bookspin for October - LOVED this! So sad, yet uplifting, really makes me want to walk the south west coast path one day!

#hauntedshelf #skeletoncrew

“History isn‘t just in books; it‘s in the people around us.“

This book follows a fifth-grader named Deja as she navigates life in a diverse Brooklyn neighborhood while learning about the impact of 9/11 on her community. Through friendship, family, and the exploration of history, Deja discovers how the past shapes her identity and understanding of the world.

This book serves as a powerful tool in the classroom to foster discussions about history, empathy, and community resilience. It encourages students to engage with complex themes in a relatable way, promoting critical thinking and understanding of societal events.