Laura Hewett
I Am a Stone
When I was in high school, I fell in love with Ryan Clark's voice. My passionate and undying love has not wavered in the past fifteen...
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Laura Hewett
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
I Broke... Again
I had a different plan for this week... for this year... for my life. The Lord laughs at my plans. I was talking to Givorgy on the phone...
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Laura Hewett
- Oct 25, 2020
- 5 min
I Voted
My parents accidentally raised a major nerd. Or maybe they did it on purpose the second time. Regardless, I’m one of the minority of the...
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Laura Hewett
- Oct 4, 2020
- 7 min
To Mr. and Mrs. Müller
There's an email in my BFA inbox dated September 2, 2013 from Clint and Helen Taylor that has a subject line, "Welcome to BFA!" This...
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Laura Hewett
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
Robot in a Convent
I was chatting with one of my first students from BFA and her fiancé, and Alyssa reminisced about the first week of class with me as her...
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Laura Hewett
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
Naaman's Prayer
2 Kings 5 is important context for this poem. Oh, and it'd be nice if I could walk again too. The Israeli servant said, Go to the prophet...
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Laura Hewett
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Break the Dam
It's been a weird couple of weeks (months? years?), and I have found a lot of comfort and ease in writing poetry instead of the normal...
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Laura Hewett
- Jul 27, 2020
- 4 min
Bridges and Shields and Trees, Oh My
I’ve got my next few tattoos lined up as of today. I’ve known for ages I want to get a bridge tattoo. I grew up in a city nicknamed...
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Laura Hewett
- Jul 19, 2020
- 1 min
The Princess Tree
There's a weird tree growing outside of Riedlingen, so I wrote a poem about it. Chris and Emily told me I wouldn't embarrass myself if I...
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Laura Hewett
- Jul 5, 2020
- 4 min
Who Tells Your Story
One of my former students is here for the summer and working as my personal assistant - for those of you who laughed, jokes on you when...
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Laura Hewett
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
Love and Dust
I spent a lot of time staring at the stars in the night sky several nights this week, and I felt a lot of feelings - which most people...
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Laura Hewett
- Jun 21, 2020
- 5 min
Walk Humbly
Graduation was last week, and Wednesday was the teacher wrap up day for the 2019-2020 school year. Wednesday was also a meeting and...
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Laura Hewett
- Jun 7, 2020
- 5 min
The Beginning of Wisdom
When I was in college, I had a roommate who felt everything very deeply, and sometimes it seemed as though she'd cast me as a supporting...
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Laura Hewett
- May 17, 2020
- 6 min
Burden or Blessing
Today's post comes to you in disjointed stories as I stitch together the lessons I'm learning and the lies I'm rooting out of my life....
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Laura Hewett
- May 10, 2020
- 8 min
Best Case Scenario
Praise the Lord, I have documentation from my insurance advocate that they will cover reimbursement and ongoing payments for my catheters...
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Laura Hewett
- Apr 19, 2020
- 6 min
Under the Surface
I cut my hair off on Monday. Like, a lot of it. I chopped nearly a foot off in a braid, and my housemate took clippers to the rest. After...
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Laura Hewett
- Mar 29, 2020
- 6 min
Don't Press K
Years ago several of my students were struggling with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. They found solace making a joke about...
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Laura Hewett
- Feb 16, 2020
- 5 min
Like Flies to Fresh Air
"How are you today?" one of my AP seniors asked when he came into the room Wednesday. "Honestly, not great," I told him since I'd already...
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