New Hero

At a retreat for all the teachers at my school, a new saint was introduced to me... I had heard of her before, but I didn't know the whole story, and wow. Pretty amazing.

Her name: St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Localation: Italy
Dates of life: Oct. 4, 1922 - April 28, 1962
Why a saint?: She was a stellar example of mom and career woman as a doctor. She was quoted to have said "I would rather die than to commit a mortal sin" at a very early age.

She gave her life for her daughter. She had a tumor that was found 2mos into pregnancy. The advice of her doctors was to terminate the pregnancy immediately. The doctors told her that her body would not be able to withstand giving birth to the baby, but she insisted and told them that if they had to choose between her and the baby, to choose the baby without hesitation. She ended up dying 7 days after the baby was born as the feared predictions had warned.

Reflections on teaching

I have not fallen off the face of the earth, I promise... but my real life has started again. Being a kindergarten teacher takes a lot of steam and time at the beginning of a new school year. Chugga chugga choo choo! I love it though... even the 12-14 hour days when I am trying to make everything "just right". I love teaching. I love taking the time to figure out the right lesson, the exact placement of the furniture and even the plants (something new... I've decided to have an indoor garden this year!). My room is VERY bright... and I've decided that I think the window sill is too bright for many plants (I killed one the first weekend I left it in the window - oops!).

Anywho - there are days that I don't feel I did a good job, or know that there's more I should have done with the kids... so I'll reflect back on this post to remind me how much I love teaching and how much I hope it loves me :).

School begins Wednesday!
Action on my other blog should begin soon!~
You can also check out my school's website just to see what's going on there. Things are updated often.

Pray for me this week. Meeting the parents is always an adventure into the unknown.

Epiphany of Goodness

Once in a while I realize how good my life is. I don't know why it's only once in a while... it should be all the time... but when I do have this epiphany of goodness, it's quite large and brings tears to my eyes.

Today was one of those days.

I was just sitting here, doing the web thing... and it hit me. Wow.. I have a great life.

I am blessed with an awesome husband, the cutest dog in the world, a house that most people my age would be so grateful to own, a job that I believe I make a difference doing, a supportive and caring family, friends that I am clueless why they stick by my side because, Lord, my IQ is like the square root of theirs... and most of all... God loves me despite the distorted mirror I am of him.

Perhaps I should be appreciating my life more... but I thank goodness that I do at least sit and ponder about the good things in life once in a while.

ProLife Voting

Trying to stay off my feet today to recover from the week at band camp, I decided to do some research into things I haven't had a chance to be updated on lately...

In my search I found this article about the candidates for president - 2008. It is very important to stay informed and I just haven't had the chance. This was helpful for me to get an overall concensus on where candidates stand in regard to pro-life/anti-abortion issues. If anyone has any other solid resources on this topic, feel free to leave them in the comment section.

Tired.

Band camp is tiring. I forgot how tiring. Wow.

*resting*