Each year I made the same commitment, write more.  Well, another year has passed and I did not made good my promise.  It is not because of lack of events; time always can be found and disposition? maybe that is the problem.  Sometimes life can be overwhelming.  I have to deal with so many things on a daily basis that I find myself so tired... This has been a particularly difficult year.  So many decisions to make, obstacles and challenges that it gets to a point where you really ponder on the option of quitting.  But quitting is not in my nature.  There is no other way than to look forward, get myself together, and keep on fighting. Against what? life itself, because I am not a quitter but an achiever.  This is what I would like to transmit to my students. The fact that life is not a road of roses and that if you don't fight with all your being to get to where you need and want to be, you have lost.  The big question is: How do I teach them this?  How can I help them not to make the same mistakes we adults make? I guess that the answer is right in front of me. I can't. They have to make their own in order to learn. This is the difficult part, watching them fall, but I will be there to catch them and that is what makes my life worth it.

LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT!

It is easier to whine the whole time because you think you are having a bad day. You know what? stop the whining! Life is tough but you have to make the best out of it. If life throw you lemons you make lemonade. Is as easy as that. Take every new day as a new experience and learn as much as you can. Sometimes we think our burdens are too heavy but God never sends us more than we can handle and with each burden we learn; we just have to be positive and see always the brighter side. Today has not been a good day; lots of work, anxieties, tiredness and many more, but I put all my worries in Gods hands and trust he will work on my favor.

So, keep walking and pick up the rocks and pebbles that get in your way; they are experiences that will make you grow stronger and wiser.

I completely forgot about this blog I started 2 years ago. So many things had happen since that time and my life has also change a bit.

First, my son already graduated from high school and is studying in the United States at The University of Tampa. It is kind of bittersweet because even though I am so proud of him and all of his accomplishments, I miss his dearly. He is studying International Business and Government Affairs. What a mouthful! He is doing pretty good and making all kinds of plans for the future.

That leaves my daughter who is almost 16 now. She has turned into a beautiful woman and she is doing great in school. I don't have any doubts she will do great things in the future. She is already looking forward to getting her driver's permit and graduating and going to college. I don't want to think about that moment yet.

In school things have change too; I no longer teach middle school. I am now the English teacher for 10th and 11th grade. I am very happy with this change. It is a new challenge and I am enjoying every minute of it. I can do so many things with my students and even though they have to study a lot, I want to think they also enjoy my class.

Many things are going to happen this semester starting with the Forensics competition in April. Hope we do better than this year.

I also hope this blog will help my students in their studies and I promise this time I will try and not let another 2 years pass before I write again.

See you next time

Lizette Dieguez

I said the last time, that I was going to write more often on this blog.  Apparently, not happening.  I remember when I was a teenager, I used to write a lot.  It was so easy; but as the time goes by, it seems like there is no time, or is it that I am scare of what I have to say? When I look back at my life, there are many regrets. Things I wish I could have done differently, ideas that I didn't pursue, opportunities I missed or simply bad decision I made.  It is scary; that is why it is so important for young adults nowadays to not let life go by without jumping in and participate of everything it offers. Get your hands dirty, do the work, walk the extra mile, because 40 years from now, it is sad to say: I should have grab what life offered me.