The end is near. We are going to make it to the finish line of a tumultuous school year! We started with masks and are ending without masks...that's progress for sure! Just one year ago we had barely been back to school with all of our kids for two weeks! TWO WEEKS! That is crazy!
And now...here we are! On Tuesday Amanda and I got to go to a training with, Judie, one of our consultants from 95% group. Judie always has really smart and inspirational things to say all the time! This time she briefly made a comment about how close we are to the end of the school year and I can't stop thinking about her words: "We're almost to the end of the year but this is NO TIME TO COAST! KEEP PEDALING, ALL THE WAY TO THE END!" She's so right! Our kids have SO MUCH more to learn between now and May 27th! Let's keep the rigor and expectations high. Let's keep our eyes on those end of year benchmarks and work to get our kids where they need to be. In the spring of 2020 we were just coming to terms with shutting down and moving to remote learning for the remainder or the school year. We were mourning the loss of this valuable time of the school year! Let's celebrate the fact that we GET to have this time with our kids and make the best of it!
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As we get ready for spring break I know it can be hard to let yourself relax. We give everyday, to everyone. But, I challenge you to think about YOURSELF over the next week. Remember our one word this year is BE. And, I want to remind you that it is okay to just BE. I hope you give yourself time to do nothing, relax and rejuvenate next week. You deserve it.
This is my Grandma Jan, my mom and my three aunts in November at Thanksgiving.
My grandma is 86 years old and has lived a great life. Today, she is nearing the end of her life even though she looked perfectly healthy just 3 months ago. Hospice has been called in to help her and on Tuesday she was asking for her whole family. So, her 4 daughters, 7 grandchildren, sons in law, 90 year old brother and her niece all spent the entire day with her. She kept holding our hands and wanted us to stay in her bedroom with her. She would look into all of our eyes and tell us how much she loved us. (Side note-when she saw me she said "Jacki, look at you, you are just the director of this whole trip"....She certainly has me pegged! Accurate grandma!) Tuesday was a reminder to me of what is truly important. It's truly a gift to be able to witness someone who is at the end of their life and who is showing you the true meaning of life. Family is what is important. Kindness is important. (She also told us to make sure we give back...she said "If you have 10 cents, give away 5 cents." That made me laugh, but I knew what she meant.) I know these last few years have been crazy with a pandemic, political unrest, community upheaval over masks and vaccinations and more, but as we say "LOVE IS AN INTERVENTION". Let's remember that. |
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