Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Order and Mess



Yesterday I felt so American as I sat at my desk at school.  And not in a good way at all.   I was doing everything at once, adopting such a cultural norm in multitasking, and I believed it was the best and only way to be a teacher.  Thankfully though, and suddenly, in the midst of 

grading
attendance
direct teaching
responding to parent e-mails
individual conversations with students 
planning the D.C. trip
and imagining lesson plans for this week 

I just knew 

I had to 
stop.

Monday, February 2, 2015

Questions Wrapped in Grace


Today in life, a book I was reading caught me.  

I stood there in my very own ordinary life, so taken off guard that I HAD to stop and read right where I was.   Lunch was bliss....just me and a peanut butter sandwich and the quiet and this book.  

Deep down, I love to be a bookworm, all caught up in a story.  I have denied that part of my life lately, in the name of progress and efficiency and ridiculous things that kill your soul a little when you forget yourself on that level.  No longer.

This book, the one that caught me in heart and soul and everything, is Found by a woman called Micha Boyett.  (Ironic, I know.)

You can tell she is lovely, and her writing is profound.  I knew it was going to be holy and noticeable and good because of the book reviews.  I have never before underlined something already profound in a book review.  But today I had to.  See for yourself....