Love, Brimming
"The captivating essays in Love, Brimming have touched my heart and stirred my soul. Each one highlights the power of unconditional love in action, and the beauty of authentic self-expression. I loved this book!”
—Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul
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IN THE TEACHER'S WORDS
It would have been easy for me to write about the glories of teaching English and Creative Writing and Public Speaking; or of the creation and life of the high school literary magazine; or of coaching the highly successful competitive Speech team. On the other hand, where would the credibility lie in one teacher’s insistence that it was that, it was this, it was all beauty and fulfillment and wonder incarnate?
No, I decided. My singular memories would not serve. But I was certain that the communal voice of decades of students summoning, and then writing, their own recollections could serve a universal truth: We all, at heart, want the same thing. We want to be seen. We want to discover who we might be and who we might become.
So although this book is not about lesson plans for an English class, it is about what can happen in any classroom when teachers and students let down their guard and demonstrate trust. It’s about passion and vulnerability and empathy, about risk-taking and safety and, yes, love. It’s about possibility. And it’s put together largely from the students’ point of view. That, I believe, is a guide for teachers and students alike.
— Maureen Sweeney Ackerman
