Hero performed by Michael Israel in New York

Thanks to all those that work so hard to protect us and our country!

face to face

Have you ever just wanted to be able to talk with Heavenly Father, face to face?

I have so many questions.  Concerns.  Fears.  Aches.  Sorrows.

All I really want is for someone to tell me who I am supposed to be.

How to get there.

What I need to change.

And, can they draw a picture that represents all of that?

I'm a visual learner.

I don't do well with the unknown.

And right now, I am so tired of the unknown.

So very tired.  

And so begin the tears.

and then....

I got these.....

I sure love my husband! Thanks Cory for being the best there is! I don't think I really deserve you...I love you!

One year older...and wiser, too?

Today is my 32 birthday. 

In our church we sing a song that goes something like this...

Well, I can't seem to remember how it goes, but it includes "one year older and wiser too, happy birthday, to you"

I only hope that I am wiser too, becuase I know for sure that I am one year older.

It's been a pretty normal day so far, except for the giant cupcake that was delivered to my classroom.

Plus, I gave myself a gift.

I brought my puppy to school with me. 

Birthday's are good, and I'm happy with the results thus far.  :)

Now if only the cupcake were real.....

blue shirt boy

Today I called a kid "blue shirt boy".


My students think that I am a crazy person. 
This has been the hardest year yet for me to learn names.

Some of the more common names I have been using are....

"necklace girl", "red sweatshirt boy", "soccer girl", "football boy", and so on. 

I just don't think it's fair that they make me fill this many seats, five times, and expect me to remember their names in a month.  It just can't happen.

At least, not with my inability to remember things.  I swear, my memory just gets worse and worse. 

Maybe I'll take Jaden's advice and call everyone Shanikwa.  What do you think?

La Adictiva Banda San Jose De Mesillas - "Te Amo y Te Amo" Video Ofici...

Do you know how much my husband loves me? A lot. You see, he doesn't speak Spanish and I do. He loves to listen to musica ranchera and I don't. (that's a style of Latin American music, if you didn't know).

Sometimes, when he is driving around for his job, he does that a lot, he listens to musica ranchera. And he absolutely loves this song. So the other day, he asked me, "what does te amo mean?" I said, "it means I love you". So he started to sing the chorus to me. But that is all that he knew from the words. He could mimic the rest, but he only knew the words "te amo"

So, I started to look on my phone for one such song, and couldn't find it.

Then, tonight, he started looking for it, without any encouragement on my part. He found the song and yelled from the living room, "this song is dedicated to you".

It was the first time that I had heard it and I loved it. For those of you who don't speak Spanish, it is simply put, a very sappy love song with a fun tune.

I just wanted to share with you what my husband shared with me. I sure love the guy!

Laura Story - Blessings

Sometimes, in the morning, I have to listen to this song about 20 times in order to feel like I can do one more day. Today life is heavy...So, the listening has started.

I hope you all have a wonderfully happy Friday!