Rosetta Mandisa's Blog, page 2

It’s About Choices

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One of the things I’ve done each morning for the past few years is listen to something motivational, especially on weekday mornings as I am driving to work.  Two things that been a true blessing in my life are YouTube and Bluetooth.  Currently, I drive a Kia Sorento.  While I liked this vehicle when I purchased it, I totally fell in love with it when my coworker introduced me to its Bluetooth capabilities.  The car I had prior to this I bought brand new in 2006 a...

Not My First Choice

Becoming an educator was not my first choice! In high school I remember telling my guidance counselor that I wanted to go to Hillman University! I wanted to go there to study how to make commercials and to experience college just like those kids on A Different World.  My guidance counselor was so sweet.  She patiently explained to me that although going to college was a good thing, Hillman University was a fictional place on tv and if I wanted to make commercials I’d need to seek a business degr...

So I Did A Thing

From as far back as I can remember, as a junior in high school in fact, I’ve always had a job. I was fifteen when I landed my first job a daycare two blocks from my high school.  I stayed at that job until after I graduated and I started working at the VA.  A few months after starting my first year of college I found out I was pregnant with my son.  I continued to take classes and work until my son was born.  When money started getting tight, I found a second, part-time job at a Burger King near...

Wisdom Reigns

 

 

Wisdom’s birthday 2019

I thought about making a quick post on Facebook but then thought about the fact that my sweet puppy gave me sixteen of the best years of his life.  The least I could do was give him his own blog post!

Last night, the doctor asked me how I came up with Wisdom’s name.  No one had ever asked me that but everyone who knew Wisdom, loved his name.  When my son was born, I wanted him to have a name that was unique to him. I didn’t want him to be a junior or named for so...

Happy Nesting

There were days when I thought I’d have kids in my house forever. There were days when I thought, “am I going to be okay when the kids are gone?” There was a rollercoaster of emotions swirling inside me as I watched my kids grow up and move on with their lives.  When my love and I met, my son was thirteen and his five little ones ranged in age from three to twelve.  As of today, all of our babies are out of the house and so, that just left my love and me!  I will admit when the last two, the twi...

For the Love of My Garden

This has been a year of many firsts for me. When the pandemic began in the Spring, I was forced to work from home. Completely grateful for my job, however, being at home for days on end forced me to focus on home repairs and decorating ideas I’d been putting off since we purchased this home three years ago.

At my sister’s direction, I began with something easy, my home office. Since I spent so much time in there anyway, decorating it should be fun. As it turns out, it was fun! My mother was alway...

My Four Walls

Everyday all day we are surrounded by other people’s thoughts and opinions.  All around us people are making decisions that will impact us in some way, shape or form.  As this school year is set to begin for me, the governor is making decisions that effect my state.  Those decisions are impacting my county, which impact my superintendent and school board, who then make decisions that impact my job.  Each day my coworkers and I put our heads together to try and figure out how we will not only tea...

A Heart Issue

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As far back as I can remember, I attended church. My mom took us to church nearly every Sunday. I met my best friend (who I am still extremely close to) at church. I remember being baptized at church. I sang in the choir. I served on the usher board. Attended mid-week bible study, Sunday School and participated in various church events. Some might say I was raised in the church.

Being at church that much was not something that ever bothered me. My friends we...

Look For The Positive

As far back as I can remember, I have loved quotes, scriptures and positive words.  If you walk around in my house you are certain to come across a book, index card, sticky note or scrap of paper with positive words.

I love saturating my life and surroundings with positive words because I believe they have the power to shift thinking.  For me, thinking makes the difference between growing and shrinking.  A few days ago I came across the quote on the right.

This quote got me thinking about the bu...

And so it begins…

On this past Thursday, I stopped at my school to pick up my work computer and materials to begin content training for the upcoming school year.  Beginning this coming Tuesday we will begin our training via Zoom.

As my school district continues to discuss whether or not to reopen and if we have to reopen, what the logistics of that will look like, I plan to take this school year one day at a time.  This has been a very stressful time for all education personnel. Many don’t know if they will even b...