Ria Rambles

Closing the Teach For America Blogging Gap
Feb 03 2010

You can always frost a burnt cupcake…

Sometimes I feel like I was left in the oven too long. The oven being Missouri, of course. I think if you stay anywhere too long it starts to burn you. You become crisp, hard to the beauty and charm of the place you reside. Or maybe it’s just me. My timer buzzed long ago. Thankfully, I received a rescue email as I came to this realization, notifying me that I have been accepted into the Teach for America Corps. Houston. Hmm…never been. That may not appeal to the taste buds of some, but it makes me more likely to indulge. Missouri may have burnt my edges, but that’s nothing a new stomping ground can’t cover up. Houston, frost me! I am ready to be smothered by all your city has to offer. I am sure a…

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