Summer 2020

Who’s ready for this year to be over?  2020 has not been good to the world, but we are only half way through, so we must persevere.  I haven’t updated this blog in over a year – it’s always the last on my list of things to do. To be fair, not even on the list. But I was updating my website, and I thought I should really make an effort to blog this month.

Spring semester ended with a whimper, definitely not a bang.  I did get by to see the majority of my homeroom students, and a number of students when they came to pick up their belongings from the school.  I am spending time this summer checking on our house that’s under construction, helping my children get ready for return to college (well a beginning for one), and preparing for what I sincerely hope is a return to the regular school day in August.  I will be adding some new seating and arrangements, and letters will be going home to homeroom students next week.  I don’t want to write too much, or I might get into the woe is me and woe is this stupid COVID virus, and as we continue to struggle for racial justice in our society, it’s easy to get bogged down in negativity.  However, as a child of God, I believe the hope and salvation of Christ.

From Psalm 37:
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: 
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. 
7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him.
As I prepare for a new academic year, my prayers are for healing both physical and spiritual, for peace in our communities, and love in our hearts.