Brenda Mahler
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Books AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.
* Lockers Speak: Voices from America's Youth
* Understanding the Power Not Yet shares Kari’s story following a stroke at 33.
* Live a Satisfying Life By Doing it Doggy Style explains how humans can life to the fullest.
Stories (441/0)
My Emotions are Pulverized by the Blender of Life
We just got a phone call that another longtime friend has passed away from COVID. Damn! At first sadness filled my heart for loved ones. Then I became angry because I know he chose not to be vaccinated saying he didn’t need it. Next, my nerves began to sizzle thinking about the danger surrounding us. This shit is real!
By Brenda Mahler3 years ago in Psyche
Sacrificing People I Love to the Demands of People Screaming from the Sidelines
Bronchitis infected my lungs annually when I taught, sometimes twice. As a teacher, within one day 160 students entered and exited the doors of my classroom, many sniffling, coughing, and sneezing. I knowingly continued to teach because that was my job, my passion, my calling.
By Brenda Mahler3 years ago in Education
Differing Perspectives
One event, the conception of a child, becomes the catalyst for four different verses that share characters’ responses. These excerpts from Lockers Speak provide a glimpse of how teens respond to events. Events that for some are life changing but for others are simple annoyances to be brushed aside.
By Brenda Mahler3 years ago in Poets
Finding My Voice to Satisfy My Passions
As a youth I would lay sprawled on my bed writing my thoughts. I collected inspiration in a spiral notebook, copied poems from books, ripped inspirational quotes from magazines, and pilfered clever sayings from friends. Notes passed between classes, cut out handwritten comments from birthday cards, and highlighted phrases that made me smile were glued onto those same lined pages.
By Brenda Mahler3 years ago in Motivation
Listen to Words that are Seldom Spoken
As she walks by locker 623, she notices the door is hanging open. With the palm of her hand, she reaches out to push it shut and continues walking. Metal hits metal causing the door to swing back open without the familiar click that acknowledges it has latched. Upon closer inspection and a slight jiggle, a folded slip of paper falls to the floor, a simple system that allows for easy access without a combination. To the untrained eye, it is just a piece of paper; to high school students, it's a shortcut, a quick and easy access; to her eye, an administrator, it's an invitation to theft, vandalism, and bullying.
By Brenda Mahler3 years ago in Fiction
Proof You Can Accomplish Your Dream
Eight years ago, I started writing a book. This week it was published. Lockers Speak occurs as the students exit the school to begin summer break. They leave behind the lockers who personify their thoughts and emotions. As an administrator walks the empty halls, she reflects on the events of the school year. The voices whispering, sometimes screaming from the lockers share stories of friendship, academic struggles, death, abuse, celebrations, and basic human experiences.
By Brenda Mahler3 years ago in Fiction
When a Loved One has a Stroke, Everyone Hurts
Scanning through Facebook last week, I stopped abruptly on a post. A friend had suffered a stroke. My heart broke, and I was transported back to a time four years earlier when life revolved around hospitals and recovery. During that year, both my dad and daughter suffered severe strokes that changed their lives. On Thanksgiving, we had a lot to be thankful for as we gather together.
By Brenda Mahler3 years ago in Motivation