 I'm a teacher, which means I have a lot of mugs. They, along with Starbucks cards, seems to be favorite gifts from students. Some of my mugs, though, are very special to me. I reach for them over and over. This is one of them. In 2017, my husband and I sold our house in Albuquerque and moved to the other side of the Sandia mountains. Because what had been a five minute commute was now going to be a 50 minute one, I decided to leave the school at which I'd been teaching for a decade and find a new job on this side of the mountains. When someone left this in my cubby hole during the first week of school (with a sweet welcoming note!) I knew that I had made the right decision. This is my go-to weekend cup because it's huge. I can fill it up and dare myself to have a complete scene done before the coffee's either gone or cold. Most of the time I don't win, but the challenge goads me on.  Jennifer Bohnhoff writes novels for middle schoolers, young adults, and up. In her spare time she teaches language arts to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students at a middle school out in New Mexico's eastern plains. You can learn more about her and her novels here. |
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