Free Writing

Looking back over the past, writing something in English has been kind of panic for me, and in fact, I couldn't write anything. Our teacher, MaryJo and Caleb, have always encouraged us to make efforts. When I made mistakes, they NEVER scolded me. In my high-school days ( many many years ago) if I made a grammatical mistake, I got a examination paper with a BIG cross. I had bad grades in English. Naturally, I lost my confidence. I have been convinced that I could't write anything in English. However, free writing got rid my panic. Now, I feel encouraged by MaryJo, moreover I am looking forward to getting my mistakes corrected by her. Free writing has been very helpful, thank you very much, MaryJo!

When the phone rings.

I have two daughters, both of them live within a stone's throw of my house. Sometimes(very often?), we enjoy having dinner with them at my house. (They seldom invite us.) The problem is, when my grandchildren are sick, my daughters taking their children come to my house one after another to leave them with us.( They have full-time jobs.) As I am usually out, my husband has to take care of them. Early in the morning, when the phone rings, he gives a sigh. For four straight days, he has a lot of sigh. The baby on my lap now, was born on July 7 at 7:00,in 2007.