May 25, 2018
8:16pm. Today was a LONG day; thank God it’s Friday! Our campus had our annual Field Day today. Our coaches worked extremely hard to put together an obstacle course with 45 obstacles. I am not a very athletic person. This is my fifth year to teach in Liberty Hill and I have never done the course. Today two of my co-workers, Julie and Lori, talked me into walking through the course. Lori actually ended up doing most of the obstacles. Julie did a few of them; I did even fewer. Ha ha. I walked through each obstacle and took pictures. That was good enough for me! After students completed the obstacle course they were able to play on inflatable water slides, get sno cones…..they always have a great time.
Once Field Day was over (around 11:30) it was a very long day. Lunch outside…..back inside for videos, games, Snack Shack…..back outside again because students were wound up after having all kinds of sugar from the Snack Shack…..back inside again because they were hot and worn-out. Like I said, it was a LONG day. If you are reading this and you are a teacher, you know exactly what I am talking about.
In addition to it being a long day, I felt depressed and emotional today. This will be the first weekend since Adam passed away that I do not have something going on, and it’s a three-day weekend due to Memorial Day being on Monday.
After school, several of us teachers went out for drinks and food at our local beer market. I wanted to stay out longer, but everyone left so I left as well. I got home a little before 6:30. Fortunately, I now have potential plans for the weekend. First, a few of my co-workers told me about a party tomorrow afternoon and invited me to come. Second, another co-worker who lives on Lake Buchanan decided to have a get-together at her house on Sunday, and I was invited to that as well. 🙂
When I got home I knew I wanted to blog, but I was trying to figure out what spiritual message I would share today. I really want all of my posts to have a spiritual component. I did not have my radio on this morning on my way to work, so I do not have any songs to share as I have in days prior. I looked through old emails and pictures on my phone, trying to locate what I thought would be a good message for tonight. I decided on this picture that I have on my phone:
As I continue to miss Adam immensely, I must remember that God is bigger. The third and fourth lines speak to me the most. He is bigger than my lost dreams – specifically, dreams that Adam and I had together. God can handle all of my feelings. I mentioned that I was feeling depressed today. He can handle that. Whatever YOU may be going through, God is bigger.
I hope that each of you had a blessed Memorial Day weekend.
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