Georgia on my Mind ...

Today started out to be a bad day.  Sonic was slow.  The whole common testing, common teaching thing is adding a lot of stress to my life.  And by 9:45, I thought the day was beyond repair.

But I had STARTED my day really, really praying for my kids.  And asking God to help me enjoy them.

And it was my best day yet.  I'm not sure they had changed that much.  I still used the teacher voice and still gave the death stare.  But it was a good day.  And I felt like I really let myself enjoy them for what might be the first time.

Third block (my roughest class), asked me today if I missed Georgia.  I told them of course I did.  They then proceded to sing "Georgia on my Mind" EVERY time they did something they shouldn't ... and in that class, let's just say, the song got some mileage.  I had to laugh.  That's why I do what I do.

And then a girl came and chatted after school.  I needed to remember that what they face at home can be tough and I need to be a place they can be safe and heard and valued, told they are important and they are good and they matter.

It's hard.  It's as hard as running.  Ok, maybe harder??!!

But today.  It was good!