Becca Kello

2011: One long Panic Attack…without chocolate.

Mostly, for my own retrospective sake, here’s the highlighted events of the past year. It hasn’t been easy, by any means, but I have learned much; hopefully this next year will be a little kinder. Monasteries I was able to bookend 2011 with retreats to Sacred Heart Monastery in Alabama. In the beginning of theContinue reading “2011: One long Panic Attack…without chocolate.”

No one told me Narnia was on the Appalachian Trail. (Taken with instagram)

strangersintransit: 01.08.2012 — paris, france — by clok_moitié. the twin readers.

It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With Americans, it is a national trait, as native to us as the roller-coaster or the jukebox. It is no simple longing for the home town or country of our birth. The emotion is Janus-faced: we are torn between a nostalgia for theContinue reading

A four-year-old in my class drew me a pet rock for my birthday. Twenty-eight is already awesome. (Taken with instagram)

To add something to my year rather than take away, with the suggestion from a friend, I decided to write a letter to someone every day. So far, it’s been really wonderful to be able to tell people that I’m proud of them….. (Taken with instagram)

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi (via 122782) Rumi knows

The Importance of the Self-Portrait

In early childhood education, the self-portrait is invaluable. It can reveal how a child percieves themselves, the world, and what they value. As a preschool teacher, I collect a lot of self-portraits, and it is amazing to watch them morph through their year with me. When a child learns to draw people, they will drawContinue reading “The Importance of the Self-Portrait”