This Time of Year

Fall is my favorite season. I love everything about it. Jeans, sweatshirts, rain, leaves everywhere, soccer games, football games, hot chocolate, pumpkins, apple cider, trips to the orchard, the spicy smell of leaves, sitting by a camp fire, deer hunting...the list just goes on and on! Many of my sweetest memories are of things that took place in the fall. One of those wonderful things is our time in the deer woods. Gram and Gramps always go Up North to hunt; they take their trailer and park it for the duration of hunting season. I have the best memories of camp fires, tracking deer, sitting in the blind with Gramps, long walks, trips into town to visit V&S Variety Store, and playing cards late at night by the light of a lantern. Oh, so dear to my heart were those times! Since I graduated from high school (6 years ago, aahh!) I have not spent even half the time in the deer woods as I used to. But this past weekend I went up with some other family members and spent a few hours sitting by the fire, walking in the woods, and visiting with my loved ones. I wanted to stay forever; to never return to reality. If only... Sometimes the memories make me so sad with longing for "the good ol' days", but I am glad to have those times to look back on. They mostly make me smile and praise God for the life He has given me and my family.

What They Don't Teach You in College

This week I have been learning what being a teacher is all about. For the first time I am really dealing with parents about academic and social issues. Aaahhh!!! Wouldn't it be so much easier if I could just hand my problems over to someone else?! My administrator has been an amazing help and encouragement though. How wonderful it is to know I have his full support. I didn't even feel bad telling him I just honestly don't know how to help one of my students in a particular area. Praise God for a super boss! And, if God called me to be a teacher, will He not supply all my needs to do just that? God is great; He is love. I don't like these problems, I don't want to deal with them, I want to run away. But since I have to deal with them and I can't run away, it sure is nice to have some incredible support!

"Life's too short to dance with ugly men" (Oscar Wilde)

I found this quote yesterday on a birthday card. It is definitely my new favorite quote. Some of you may not appreciate it as much as others. If you know how much I love ballroom dancing, and how very single I am, you should understand why I absolutely love this quote. I laughed out loud in Hallmark when I read it!