"It's difficult in times like these. Ideals, dreams, and cherished hopes rise within us only to be crushed by grim reality. It's astonishing that I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. And yet I cling to them because I still believe that in spite of everything, people are truly good at heart." ~ Anne Frank
We're watching the Anne Frank ABC miniseries at school. The students are captivated. Yesterday we looked at Picasso's Guernica and Remedy's Never Again. I had Anne's picture up on the screen, looking at them from decades ago, a girl their age who wrote in her simple diary. They're quite taken with Anne, these jean clad teenagers. They want to know her. I think THEY ARE good at heart.
And the world is resilient and strong. The rock we live on is sturdy ground for us right now. It brings forth miraculous beauty.
Color delights us!
Stones remind us of forever!
Winter wraps her white arms around us with a promise of summer!
And we can buy tulips at the grocery store! Yahoo!
I am off to my neighborhood market to buy donuts for third period (I had my observation yesterday and THEY WERE ANGEL PIES!) and something good for my reading and writing class, too. I shall buy gummy worms for prizes when we do work with strong verbs (sound fun?) and a pink cake mix because I've been itching to make a pink cake (I think it's Sue's birthday and Flavia's birthday that got me thinking about pink cake!) I shall skip off to school. Last night was parent-teacher conferences until 8:00 pm. I was pooped and tired of talk, talk, talk. Today I am agile and calm again. Ah, sweet restoration! A miracle of life!
Can you come back for Pink Saturday tomorrow? I may have a big piece of pink cake for you, my friends!
I'd like to share something very special with you. My niece's blog today - so good, so sound.
I'd like to share something very special with you. My niece's blog today - so good, so sound.
