Opening prayer

Opening routine...

Settling, 

Calming

Inspiring...

Praying

The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi.

Hearing 

A whisper...

A student telling another 

"This prayer is my father's favorite." 

Later...

Closing routine

Packing up, 

Cleaning up, 

Ready to clear out.

Student asks for paper. 

"I want to write this down for my father." 

"Make me an instrument of your peace...." 

Our work as Catholic school educators 

 is more meaningful than we know. 

Spiritual Health

Best Lent Ever...

Fasting...

Identified a habit...

Turning on the tv as I go to bed...

In its place...

Reading, 

Listening, 

Reflecting

To the words 

Everybody Needs to Forgive Somebody, 

A Purpose Driven Live.

Filling my heart

With the joyful music

And messages 

Of Christian hymns.  

Peacefully 

Falling asleep, 

Grateful for blessings bestowed.

Looking forward, 

Looking ahead, 

Making a plan

For spiritual growth 

With its beginnings in

Fasting...

Best Lent Ever 

So Much Depends

Getting ready to start celebrating National Poetry Month with fourth graders.  Starting with the book Love That Dog.  As I reread the book, I was inspired to compose my own version of The Red Wheelbarrown by William Carlos Williams.

So much depends upon

Kindness

A welcoming 

Smile,

Encouraging 

Words, 

Thoughtful 

Actions, 

A gift of peace,

Love. 

Writing Across the Curriculum

Find someone who...

Looking at the bingo card

Catching glimpses of myself

From the past

And the present.

Posts sitting in my draft 

Waiting to be published. 

Writing without publishing.

Done. 

Reading, writing, reflecting

Reading about writing

leads me to stop reading,

temporarily.

Inspired 

to capture 

an aha from

a conversation swirling in my head

from yesterday. 

Purposeful.