All About Sarah

I started teaching high school English in 2002 on the far south side of Chicago. ​Since then, my classroom has changed multiple times, but my love for teaching ​writing hasn’t. And the better I’ve gotten as a writing instructor, the better I’ve ​become as a writer, using the lessons I’m teaching my teenage students in my ​own writing as well.

I first started blogging eleven years ago when we moved from Indianapolis to ​Fort Wayne. About a year after we moved and halfway through my graduate ​program, it dawned on me that it might be time to start writing about all of the ​renovations that we had been making on the house we purchased as a ​foreclosure. I mostly did it for me, but with the glut of foreclosures on the ​market because of the housing crisis, I was pretty sure others could share in ​our miseries and triumphs.

As we prepared for the move from the Midwest to Texas, it was time for a new ​blog to highlight the new phase in my life. I wanted to focus on the unexpected ​journey that is my life. I moved from my Blogger site to Wordpress and enjoyed ​writing there for six more years.

Now we have moved back to Indianapolis, coming full circle. I started writing on ​Substack to give a dedicated place to each of my favorite genres. I want to live ​a great story, and this is the place where I write about it. You can also follow ​me on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook, where you will find additional ​pictures, commentary, and stories to fill out the narrative you find here.