Trish’s Story: It All Started at the Statue of Liberty

One weekend, a few years after graduation, two of my out-of-state college friends came to New Jersey to visit. They were both recently married and brought along their husbands. We decided to spend Saturday in NYC, visiting the Statue of Liberty and then having dinner and a few beers at the South Street Seaport.  I […]

Thea’s Story

It All Started With A Baseball   Atif and I are both teachers – we worked together for one very fateful year and fell in love shortly thereafter.  A bunch of coworkers went out to a now defunct restaurant, called “Strawberries” named after baseball player, Darryl Strawberry. It is funny that Atif and I went […]

Jennifer’s Story

It’s not often that I tell this story from beginning to end, but I was asked to write about when I met my husband and my engagement so here it goes!  I was 19 when I met my husband and had been warned not to date this notorious player.  I did make an attempt to stay […]

Our Love Stories

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, we thought it would be fun to share our engagement stories. From romantic to quirky and sometimes, well, not what we expected, these are our stories. Amy’s Story A Guy on Roller Blades Delivered Her Ring to her table the Boat House. Karen’s Story I fell asleep and very romantically, drooled all over his pants. […]

Tammy Gets Engaged

My husband and I dated for almost 5 years before he proposed. Yes, 5. He wanted to do it on the anniversary of our first date but my sister had the nerve to have her birthday on that day so it had to happen the next day. He asked my mom for permission which was sweet. On our […]

Marietta’s Proposal

We were married in May of 1995 after an engagement that lasted just over a year, and a courtship that lasted over five.  So in my heart I knew we would get engaged, but it still came as a surprise when it actually happened. My birthday is in late March and he made reservations for […]

Snow Day Fun

We woke up this morning to snow and a day off from school. The question now? How do we spend the day? It doesn’t have that survival feel I was emotionally prepping for, so I guess we need to get busy. I surveyed the family, and here’s what’s on our list: 1. Do a jigsaw puzzle. You […]

Why Field Trips Can Be A Nightmare for Teachers

Every year I have the opportunity to have one of my classes work with a “teaching artist” from a well-known theater company. My students participate in an eight week long workshop that involves lessons in diction, body language, singing, dancing, introducing children to the theater and simply put, 40 minutes a week of FUN! I […]