As we turn the corner and run right into the corner of November, I realize it is time to stop and take a breath. Soon, as the leaves fall, the time will pass by too quickly and it will be another month gone! It will be holiday time and family gathering to worry about!
It's been an interesting fall filled with conflict at work unlike any I have every witnessed. It's been a time of bonding with people I used to only say HI to in the halls. So that ahas been a good thing. On the other hand, a place I have loved sine I first drove down its tree-lined avenues has become disjointed and almost unrecognizable! If not for the people that make this village what it is and are willing to NOT give up on that, this wonderful place I have called home for more time than my childhood home would have vanished. I am trying to keep the faith that in the end, it will all be right again. That in the face of adversity, we will all be stronger and wiser. Yes, some have taken it harder than others , and the younger among us are questioning why they came here.
I was approached by a new teacher the other day and asked that very question: Is it always like this around here? I quickly assured her that it was not. I asked her to please hang in there and that I believed that we would eventually turn it all around- and she would be where I am now- home.
Home is not always chocolates and flowers. But in the end, home is where the heart is - and if the heart is here, it will prevail .
It's been an interesting fall filled with conflict at work unlike any I have every witnessed. It's been a time of bonding with people I used to only say HI to in the halls. So that ahas been a good thing. On the other hand, a place I have loved sine I first drove down its tree-lined avenues has become disjointed and almost unrecognizable! If not for the people that make this village what it is and are willing to NOT give up on that, this wonderful place I have called home for more time than my childhood home would have vanished. I am trying to keep the faith that in the end, it will all be right again. That in the face of adversity, we will all be stronger and wiser. Yes, some have taken it harder than others , and the younger among us are questioning why they came here.
I was approached by a new teacher the other day and asked that very question: Is it always like this around here? I quickly assured her that it was not. I asked her to please hang in there and that I believed that we would eventually turn it all around- and she would be where I am now- home.
Home is not always chocolates and flowers. But in the end, home is where the heart is - and if the heart is here, it will prevail .
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