My Motto

Of course I can do anything, I’m a mother!

Connections

For the past day and a  half, I have been at a conference in Bend with several co-workers.  We are part of a great program called GEAR UP.  It is an acronym meaning Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.  Our school is finishing the first year of the six-year-program, and we are working [...]

Time to Breathe

It seems like we have been running, running, running like crazy for months now.  We were either working on the house, going to activities with the little girlies, or following Emma’s basketball team all over Eastern Oregon.  Saturday was Emma’s final game of the season, and I took pictures at Riverside High School’s Sweetheart Dance that [...]

Surprise!

I’ve mentioned before how amazing the school spirit and community support for IJSHS is.  The community has rallied around our school and they put in countless hours volunteering to make it a better place.  With each passing day, the students pride in their school increases tenfold.  Students you neve would expect to have great school [...]

Attitude

Two years ago, when I was the JV Coach for the IHS Girls’ Basketball team, our motto was “Attitude is Everything”.  I sincerely believe it.  I believe that the outlook one has on life directly affects the quality of life they have.  I try to live my life with this saying in mind.  I really [...]

Poetry

Just because . . .

Have a great rest of the week.

In Retrospect

Everyone has one of those days where they think about the choices they’ve made in their life and wondered how their life would be today . . . if only, what if, etc.  I don’t have very many regrets in my life, or, for that matter, very many things I would ever like to ”do-over”.  Sometimes, [...]

Intoxication

Flowers really do intoxicate me.
~Vita Sackville-West 

  

Poem Worth Reading

According to Lucinda Vardey, in Mother Teresa: A Simple Path, there was “a sign on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, the children’s home in Calcutta.” This is what the sign said:
People are often unreasonable, illogical,
and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, People may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will [...]

Defeated

Sometimes I wish I were a little kid again, skinned knees are easier to fix than broken hearts. ~ Author Unknown
Mine will mend and heal, and I will be a better person for this experience.
***I decided to delete most of this post because I don’t want to dwell on something that was causing anyone pain. [...]