There’s nothing better than landing in a room full of people whose eyes light up over the same topics that light yours. I just spent two hours discussing how to get students to participate in class, so they absorb information. Fun, yes? We did this activity where we had to ask other teachers questions, and…
Dear Daughter, When you turned and walked the opposite direction on the sidewalk, my heart hurt. We climbed in the van to head for home, and you walked slow to your dorm room. For a full hour I tried to have mercy on the boys and not cry, but it took a lot of lip biting and…
I teach school in 10 days. [Insert small panic attack.] So this is exactly what I need to hear for today -put all the work down for 24 hours and rest. It’s the way God intends us to live. Will you rest today?
Don’t you want a glimpse of my new Spanish classroom? School starts in two weeks, and I’ve been working day by day to create a cozy space. I decorate with apples at home in September, to celebrate school starting, so I thought I’d bring apples to my class. (Caleb said, No, Mom. Not aaaapples!!! He’s…
So you know how I’ve been overwhelmed and stressed and not sleeping, with this new job prep and all? Well, that makes me want to hurt people. Hurting people did not make the fruits list. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22-23 NIV) I…
I was awake at 1:45 a.m., barely three hours into my night of sleep. Thinking. I wonder if that Spanish website will work. I’ll be back to square one if it doesn’t. Need to get the truck oil changed in Whitefish, but that will take two hours –can I afford two hours today? Should I…
I can barely breathe right now. I went from months of unemployed bliss and little responsibility to being employed as a teacher (so much work!) and getting ready to teach a Bible study for women on Wednesday nights. I guess somewhere in there people in this house are going to want clean underwear and milk…
My world has exploded into Spanish. The basement office is littered with textbooks, notecards, and sundry other Spanish teaching materials. I was hired in the eleventh hour to teach part time at the Christian high school here in town. I’m looking forward to being in the classroom, except in the moments when I break out into full…
I know it’s the middle of August, but when I came across these pictures and saw the attention God pays to the details of design, I wondered why I ever get stressed that God might not work out the details of my life. I mean really.
Usually I write about knowing God, but I’m departing a bit today to give you something too good not to share. My sister-in-law has had this insane job for over a decade –dorm director to over 200 guys every year. Now her own son is a senior and will be heading off to college in…
Yesterday morning we looked through the fence as we went by –fair week –and reminisced about how exciting it used to be when the kids were little and we paid way too much for them to wait too long in line for a few carnival rides. In the evening, we drove to Flathead Lake (the biggest…
Coming to a hill on a country lane yesterday, I drove past a little girl who was skipping full speed down the incline, long red hair flying out behind her and arms swinging. Thought number one, from the mom half of my brain: She might fall. Thought number two: She is the picture of joy,…
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