~let your faith~
As a teacher, I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most enlightening ones is this.
Going down the hallway in a straight and quiet line is highly overrated. Whether or not kids wait without talking at dismissal time or sit in a perfect line at morning assembly doesn't matter to me either, not one little bit.
Being with my kids in our classroom is 1,000,000 times WAY more important.
I always knew that anyways.
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a mother, I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most heart tugging ones is this.
No matter how old your kids are, you still worry about them.
Do they have enough to eat? If they got sick with the virus or anything else, would they be able to take care of themselves? What about the grandkids? Will they be ok?
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a wife, I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most simple ones is this.
I'm blessed beyond measure to have a husband like Mike. I'm not going through this
ordeal alone and neither is he. He made a raised bed gardening box for me yesterday with his bare hands and scrap lumber material that he wisely kept on hand. We got a few packages of seeds to plant for food. We won't go hungry. He won't let us. In his stubbornness yesterday, Mike kept working on things way beyond his wife's comfort level. I don't want anything to happen to him. I don't want to lose him.
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a friend, I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most meaningful is this.
It's important to stay connected, even in days of social isolation. I've called and checked on people who more than likely felt as alone as I do. I've prayed for them and I am sure they are praying for me too. You never realize how much your friends mean to you until you can't hug them any longer or even dare to shake their hand. When this is all over, I'm going to be hugging a lot of people so be prepared. I've warned you. :)
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a human being I have learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most crucial ones is this. Don't hoard things. Buy what you truly need and save the merchandise on the shelf for another person who may need it twice as much as you do. I've learned to remain positive, even if it seems impossible to do so. The day this past week that Mike and I along with our granddaughter walked over to the fire department here in town with 65 face masks that I'd been storing away for an emergency was a day of reckoning with human decency for me. I gladly gave them up, knowing full well that they were of crucial need to the first responders in our town of Newkirk.
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
Finally and most importantly of all, as a believer I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break. The VERY MOST important lesson I've learned of all is this.
The same God who watched over us a month ago and last summer and when I was 10 years old, and when I was a tiny baby is still there and very much in control of the situation at hand. He has not changed one bit and his love for me and everyone else on this great big planet never waivers. So I pray and pray and pray some more that this current situation doesn't last forever.
I know that you all are doing the same.
Please everyone, let's hang in there together and come out in the end a much better people.
Hold hands (virtually of course) and stick together.
One of the most enlightening ones is this.
Going down the hallway in a straight and quiet line is highly overrated. Whether or not kids wait without talking at dismissal time or sit in a perfect line at morning assembly doesn't matter to me either, not one little bit.
Being with my kids in our classroom is 1,000,000 times WAY more important.
I always knew that anyways.
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a mother, I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most heart tugging ones is this.
No matter how old your kids are, you still worry about them.
Do they have enough to eat? If they got sick with the virus or anything else, would they be able to take care of themselves? What about the grandkids? Will they be ok?
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a wife, I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most simple ones is this.
I'm blessed beyond measure to have a husband like Mike. I'm not going through this
ordeal alone and neither is he. He made a raised bed gardening box for me yesterday with his bare hands and scrap lumber material that he wisely kept on hand. We got a few packages of seeds to plant for food. We won't go hungry. He won't let us. In his stubbornness yesterday, Mike kept working on things way beyond his wife's comfort level. I don't want anything to happen to him. I don't want to lose him.
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a friend, I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most meaningful is this.
It's important to stay connected, even in days of social isolation. I've called and checked on people who more than likely felt as alone as I do. I've prayed for them and I am sure they are praying for me too. You never realize how much your friends mean to you until you can't hug them any longer or even dare to shake their hand. When this is all over, I'm going to be hugging a lot of people so be prepared. I've warned you. :)
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
As a human being I have learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break.
One of the most crucial ones is this. Don't hoard things. Buy what you truly need and save the merchandise on the shelf for another person who may need it twice as much as you do. I've learned to remain positive, even if it seems impossible to do so. The day this past week that Mike and I along with our granddaughter walked over to the fire department here in town with 65 face masks that I'd been storing away for an emergency was a day of reckoning with human decency for me. I gladly gave them up, knowing full well that they were of crucial need to the first responders in our town of Newkirk.
The days of uncertainty with the virus just brought it all back to me.
Finally and most importantly of all, as a believer I've learned a whole lot of lessons this past week of spring break. The VERY MOST important lesson I've learned of all is this.
The same God who watched over us a month ago and last summer and when I was 10 years old, and when I was a tiny baby is still there and very much in control of the situation at hand. He has not changed one bit and his love for me and everyone else on this great big planet never waivers. So I pray and pray and pray some more that this current situation doesn't last forever.
I know that you all are doing the same.
Please everyone, let's hang in there together and come out in the end a much better people.
Hold hands (virtually of course) and stick together.
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