All is Well

     Today was a full day of observing and conferencing with beginning teachers.  I am fortunate , at this point in the second phase of my work life, to work with first year teachers.

     Sitting in several classrooms this morning, I witnessed engagement, eye contact, respect, knowledge, exhaustion (on the face of the beginning teacher) , and

                               Smiles.

     Bingo! They ‘get’ it. I left the last campus, so grateful and humbled by it all, stopped at Dollar General in a small equally humble community and bought a really, really cold Diet Coke.  It was so cold it had ice crystals in it. Does it get any better than this?

                                   Yes.

     The thermometer in my car said it was 99 degrees when I arrived home. Later, during my watering ritual at dusk, I opened my eyes and saw this.

The knockout rose I planted yesterday made it through the first twenty-four hours, even in scorching heat.

My caladiums were smiling in all of their colorful glory.

The coral colored double hibiscus and  Cinco de Mayo rose bush I bought yesterday were still ‘breathing’.

The yellow of the crotons, lantana, and the 40 year old esperanza  plant in my front yard was absolutely glorious.  Esperanza means hope in Spanish.

 

All is well .