Today was a day of many good things.
The runaway who showed up for school and actually stayed the whole day; probably because we fed her and she was warm. This girl. Pretty sure she's seen messy and felt it too. Her chin showed her anger and defiance but when I looked into her eyes I saw helplessness and heartache. Maybe. Just maybe there was a connection made.
Then there was the student who always makes me smile. He came in late as usual. With the same nonchalant attitude. Almost like he doesn't know how to tell time or simple doesn't care what time it is. He asked me if I had done something different with my hair. Yep. Got it cut not too long ago. He went to class, late slip in hand. However, he didn't actually go to class. He went right out the back door, around to his car and off he went. Never even went to class. Have to admit. Made me smile when I found out.
The lunch lady came in at 9:20 a.m. in all her busyness. She transports food for our students twice a day. The students always greet her in such a way that she feels welcome. She understands their attitude and conversation better then most. As usual, she sprawled out her bags across the back of the counter and on the stove top. It wasn't long and there was smoke just boiling from under those plastic bags. Yep. She almost had a full fledged fire in the kitchen during break time. I had to admit to her that although she thought the stove was unplugged to prevent this sort of "meltdown", we had plugged the stove in to cook the holiday lasagna and forgot to unplug.
The recent storm lifted on our way home from work today to reveal the mountains of this valley we call home. Snow. Finally. A dusting and more. Such a welcome sight. Maybe winter is here.
The phone rang while skyping our Arizona boy. It was our Bend boy. Just briefly, I felt the presence of family in the room. It was nice and completed my day.
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