This reflection was written in response to our OWP Fall Writing Retreat and Renewal at Bennett Springs State Park on Sept. 18-20.
For the short time that I was there it was like coming home and being with my own kind. All of the teachers that I have been involved with have exhibited true professionalism and dedication. In the twenty years that I have been a teacher I have witnessed the most enthusiasm and always words from the heart of each teacher. The Fall Writing Retreat was like a family reunion. We had fellowship, enjoyed the outdoors (not the bugs, though), cooked, ate, laughed, cried, wrote, and shared over the weekend. Being an older teacher, I appreciate it when I get a new spark in my teaching career. My students are catching the enthusiasm, too. Thank you, OWP teachers and staff, for helping me to enjoy writing and teaching again.