i'm not gonna lie, this has been a hard, hard week. marathons take a toll on your body and emotions. physically i feel good. i've ran once, biked once, gone to the gym three times, done lots and lots of stretching and all stiffness is gone. but the rest of me, the part inside is spent. i fell apart many times this week and talked too much, nagged too much, was embarrassingly irrational. but i believe all things happen for a reason, even failures. i know that i would not know the Lord's mercy and love as i do if i had not struggled and fallen on my face over and over and over.
the school has been doing this Walk to School/Bike to School campaign this month. every Wednesday they've had two boxes in the front of school. if you biked or walked, you got to enter your name in a drawing for a girl's bike and a boy's bike. the first 2 WOW (Walk on Wednesday) were canceled because everyone knows that Texas kids will freeze to death if they have to walk when it's sleeting. but the last two Wednesdays the kids and i drove halfway to Maplewood, to the approved starting point for those of us who live too far to walk the entire way on a school morning, and we trekked to school, crossing busy Airport Blvd., through Patterson Park, and up the oh-so-steep Maplewood Avenue along with lots of other students.
this morning Ms. Jacobson drew the names for the prizes, and lo and behold Margaret was the winner of the girl's bike! everything happens for a reason >>> Margaret's bike was stole a few months ago, along with Samuel's. Samuel just got one from Brian's parents for his birthday, so Margaret was the only one in the family to not have one. i think God allowed that to happen then so He could show Margaret that He is the great Provider. Oh how He loves you and me!
the outpouring of friends and family to help out the Zamora family has far exceeded our expectations. i really hope the family is blessed and God is glorified by these gifts of love. i don't know what plans God has for Ricky, whether he'll be here with us for a short time or long, but already his life has drawn people to pray and to step out in faith and give.
i indulged a guilty pleasure....again, the other day. i picked up a stack of books at the thrift store. when the paperbacks are 3 for $1 it's really better than the library since we always seem to be owning the library money, and since i hardly use any gas when i go to the thrift store (if i drive at all) since it's just a few blocks over. some of my finds~
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
101 Ways To Be A Great Mom by ?
a book about Kierkegaard that i can't remember the title
Thomas Jefferson's autobiography
i'm still working my way through some of the books i last listed as reading. i do everything in spurts, it's that weird quality about my personality that some would probably label as mental illness. i seem to be all or nothing and struggle to find balance. in all areas of my life.
this has been a difficult week for Samuel. all three of his special area teachers have come to us saying that he was uncooperative. he seems to be going through a difficult stage and struggle inside himself. socially he's doing much better than he was just a few months ago. he had been bullied a bit a few months ago by a couple of boys in his class that are "problem kids" that spend a majority of their time in the office or away at the school that Samuel tells us is called ACES, but none of us are sure what ACES stands for.
but something happened over the past couple of months and now Samuel is friends with these big, burly black boys. i'm not sure how it happened, but now those guys think Samuel is pretty cool. not that Samuel exhibits any behavior that is generally deemed as cool. he's kind of awkward, he still sometimes cries what he feels overwhelmed, and he talks about his cat Lucy all the time.
William continues to progress in interacting with peers. we never thought this day would come.
John is doing so much better in his behavior. whether it is that the class recently got a new students who is a real discipline problem, or that John has actually made that much progress, i'm not sure. but he's had perfect behavior charts for about a week and a half now.
i rode my bike over to the school this morning and volunteered in the library for about an hour. i love listening in on the pre-school story hour. it inspires me to read to the kids more. it seems there is never time for that these days.
gonna plant my garden this weekend. i'm so excited. second year gardens are always so much better!
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