April 15, 2011
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very long time….
Friday evening. My forsythia is in perfect bloom right now. There are flowers popping out in the yard and I have potatoes to plant. Time passes so very quickly. Spring break is next week for my students and I. What has happened to the school year? It has been another very difficult year in trying to understand the ‘how’ to teach to reach all my students, to get them excited for learning and doing well. I still have no answers and keep praying.
It has also been a difficult year for relationships. The people I think will understand, don’t. And the people I anticipated time with, there has been none. So this winter I have truly been ‘alone’ with myself. I don’t think this is going to change either. If it does, I don’t see how and only the Lord knows that.
I have had my interview for graduate school. I am anxious, yet excited. It will take me four years and by the end of it I will be an old lady!! But I will take the plunge if accepted. It will mean the end of my summers for a while as I will have several classes to take each year. And my home won’t be dusted anymore (not that it is now!) But in the finish of it I will be able to hopefully be a better teacher for my students and potentially teach at the college level.
I will catch up more in this week off… I am hopeful you all are safe, sound and blessed. It is Holy Week… Rejoice, for He is Risen!!!!
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Wow, as soon as I saw the beautiful floral print of your page, I realized how long it’s been since I’ve visited on Xanga — sorry! Just want to encourage you to go for it — to dive into school and enjoy the learning — I sense that you love the journey of learning as much as I do, and “old lady” or not, when you arrive at the end of the journey, in many ways, the applying it to your teaching becomes the next beginning. Thanks so much for your prayers and thoughts — yes, it’s been a rough year for me too — many changes and stresses and uncertainties related to my professional life — and so I too am waiting to see what God has as my next step. And finally, celebrating the risen Savior with you — because without Him, I might’ve stepped off this journey a while ago — God is so good!