Dear Ellen,

I'm not giving up! I am going to keep the faith that we can reach our goal because why the hell not? If you feel like giving up a dollar today- don't forget to go HERE!

I might have just sent my 8,395th letter to Ellen today. I realized after hitting "submit", that all along I should have been putting copies of them here! So, I'm sorry for my complete slip on that one. I wonder who reads Ellen's letters? I see that job going two ways:

1- It would be awesome!!!! I bet people are typically pretty funny and nice in what they send in. And for the jerk wads who just sent jerk-waddy stuff, I'd definitely send things like glitter bombs in return. Hate life? Here you go... a free unicorn poop lip balm.

2- It would be tragic. I already want to help everyone I can, and I am sure there are just gagillions of deserving people out there who I wouldn't be able to say no to. How do they decide who gets help and who doesn't? For Valentine's day one year, I sponsored a child through World Vision as a gift to my classes. It was kind of awful having to choose someone- as you just flip through pictures and stories of kids around the world who need help. We had a good year sending letters to Amadu and hearing his stories about life and family and mango trees :) So... I guess I'm back to where I started that this job would be awesome! Where do I sign up?

I admit, I'm posting this with the 10 minutes of planning time I get at school because I already planned Monday's lesson yesterday (a serious talk about politics, gun violence, being a young black man in Milwaukee, and how we can all make changes) and I needed to do something to keep my brain from melting in this 110 degree classroom.

Until next time...