(From Yesterday 1/4/10)
It's all elementary.
When you have a family, everyday and every event in it runs together like a freshly lubed machine. If you proactively plan, your day is smooth and your life is nearly stress-free. Homelessness, however, can put a monkey wrench in your organizational abilities and make you feel wasted, worthless and inept.
I woke up ready, so I thought, but I realized that today was going to be different on a number of levels, so I needed to keep my options open.
It's my first day back to work since the "h" word came down on us like a ton of bricks (wow I'm using a lot of cliche' in this blog). I had prepared home, I knew how the semester would end, yet I had not taken the time to plan for my classes.I'm not a lazy teacher, but I could tell that my ordeal had gotten the better of me. I was in survival mode all break and I couldn't organize my thoughts well enough to grade a paper or plan for a class. Therefore, I decided today would be a review/set-up day and we would get back in the grind tomorrow...fair enough.
I knew that I would reveal my blog to the students who had not had an opportunity to follow or read it. For my English II class, creating their own blog would become their final project. Many of my Global Changers group, my AP English IV class, had already read my blog and some of them are even following it. AWESOME! [Thanks for your support Alicia and Tan]
As I explained my situation to those who didn't know, especially my third period, students sat in their seats hanging on my every word. They showed me respect (they always do) and they showed me so much compassion and concern. I explained it to them in the same manner and spirit as I explained to you: I am not ashamed. I'm doing my best and that I still believe my latter will be greater than my former.
Please don't forget that I am praying with you and for you. If you have a prayer request, please e-mail me at yolandawhitted@msn.com. I am more than happy to pray with you. GBY (God Bless You) ILY (I love you) xoxo
Hey Yolanda.Sorry I haven't posted in a minute.Keep the faith sweetie.I'm praying for you also.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much; I need the encouragement whenever you can give it. I am doing my best. We will make it through this by God's grace, I'm not relying on what I see because I realize what we see is temporal. I'm looking forward to what is permanent. I know our struggle is over...I know it is sooner than we think.
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