….. difficult here, the choices grown children make that impact everything. please pray if you stop by… for us and our children.

it is today.  I have no one to give a card to, to call, to tell them how much I love them.  my father has been gone 31 years and my step father gone 19 years.  I was young when my father died so I did not get to know him as an adult.  How I wish he had known me and Sam and the children. The same with my step father – he did not see any of the children grow up.  We do not know what we have until it is gone.  Both died from cancer – leukemia and prostate respectively.  It is a day like today when I wish I could go back to the past for a brief moment to tell them what has gone on, what has happened in my life, but mostly how much I love them and how important they are to me.
I do not know if either one is in heaven, but I am hopeful. 
in other places of the world a friend is wondering if her daughter is gay, a family with twins that are 14 yrs old had one of them die in a four wheeler accident, a family has a son they have not heard from in a while and do not know where he is, and a friend with a girl’s home in Uganda is in desperate need of money and her own home for she and her four girls  …and there is so much more. I wonder about the heartache of my small world, the pain that is going on that isn’t seen or detected. 
So please pray for those mentioned and those we do not know about.  We finally have rain, a small amount, but it is rain!!!  blessings this week!!!

ahhhhh… it is June and I have ten weeks before I begin teaching again.  I have work to do for the new text books and changes in curriculum as well as several workshops. I know the summer will go very very fast. I have reading and writing to do as well AND the garden. Tomatoes and peppers are in, potatoes are up and the rhubarb is looking good enough to become a pie this week. 
It was a tough school year.  I am so saddened by the students that have no morals, no values, no ethics let alone no understanding of their spiritual needs.  They think only of themselves and use people like they are of no value.  I do have hope for next year’s senior class, but I shall wait and see.  This year I learned that for the most part the parents of my students take no responsibility for their child, that the child is basically on their own and does what they please.  It is sad to see.  I do know that I am sometimes the first person that actually holds students accountable for their actions.
I got a treadmill this year too…. and I love it!!!!!  My plan is to use it everyday.  I have been surprised the speed I can get on it and how far I can walk on it.  I get more steps in than I did when walking outside. Got it from a friend at church that was having a big sale, it is a Proform 760.  Love it! Emmie uses it too.
more later… I need to get outside and work some more. blessings dear ones!!