Yep

LIFE IS GOOD and LAUGHTER IS FANTASTIC ;)

Following His Will

Man, it can be tough to follow what you know is right when you really want to do something else.... Anyone who knows me, knows I love teaching and working with kids, well I have been trying to decide what to do for next year and I don't think a change is in God's Plans for me. I would love to go back to the 6th grade, but with the impact I am having at the high school, I think He wants me to remain there. It is challenging work, and I don't fully enjoy the challenge, but, if that is where he wants me, that is where I need to be.

Proud to be an American

One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in
California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming
people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how
people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to serve, and
fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them
> also. But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base He said that ahead
of
several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He
said
when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the
> U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached
up and touched the pin, and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it and
probably always will."
>
> The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to
stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi. A gentleman
standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's
shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice
to
the Iraqi woman:
>
> "Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have
fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a
check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had
you
been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there
today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out
> so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way
back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you
are obviously here in MY country to avoid."Everyone within hearing
distance cheered!
>
>
> ; IF YOU AGREE__ X __ Pass this on to all your proud American friends.

Some Days

Some days there are so many things you want to say, but they just don't come out. I have such a desire to express myself but I just can't find the words. I have so much running around my head....

Tough to leave your kids

Man, today was tough getting out of my house. My 4 yr old woke up at 4:45 am and did not want to go back to sleep. I was getting ready for work and she kept saying that she didn't want me to go. She cried and wrapped her arms around my neck...it is difficult to resist those beautiful brown eyes. I tried to explain in 4 yr old language why I needed to go to work, but she didn't care. Wow, what a way to start your day...That much love is incredible.