Life=Love

 I've been grading my student's poetry books and enjoying their poems..so I thought I would share a few that either made me laugh, wonder, or were just really creative or thoughtful. There are a few other really great ones that just aren't the same unless accompanied by pictures...so I may have to upload a few once I take them. =)

Acrostic
Finn
Finn is funny like a ugly Bunny
Isn't he in love with Bubble gum?
Not afraid of frogs
Never eat his lungs

Zelda
Zelda a big game
Expressive the best videogame
Legendary game
Dumb, that's not Zelda
Ants, giants, zombies, big game

Love
Looks for freinds (at first).
Occupies of fun and is like a cup of coffee
VIP for pairs and sometimes is rare
Extremely evident with only taking a glance

Haiku
Pandas
Big fat animals
black and white ferocious beast
pandas animals

Diamante
Decisions
Right, quickly
choosing, talking, looking
choose between wrong and right
thinking, correcting, yelling
approving, correct
choosing


I've been trying to think what sorts of things I should blog about right now. I mean, I didn't go anywhere cool last week. It's just life. I've been learning a lot and enjoying my time, but that's not all that exciting. I've been forgetting to write down the things that my kids say. Maybe I'll get on that tomorrow. So, on those thoughts I suppose I will just tell you what I've been learning lately. One of the things God has been putting on my heart, and continually relaying to me through others, like my dear friend Marie, is does my love have conditions? When it comes to people, and right now my students since they are my largest responsibility, does my love have a limit? I know sometimes it's: I will love them unless they are acting a certain way. I will love them unless they have a bad attitude. I will love them unless they are being mean to the other students. I will love them unless they stop doing the things that I ask them. Wow. While I might not say that, I must admit it's sometimes what comes true in my actions. Yes, we are closer to some people and some people are easier to love, but that does not justify us in putting conditions on love. I've been thinking a lot about what these students will have learned at the end of this year. I only have a few more weeks left with them. Are they going to remember how to multiply fractions and how to write a thesis for an essay? Who knows? Sometimes I really wonder. But I do hope they will remember our class, and I hope they will remember the way that I treated them. Not the times when I was impatient, but the times I spent with them, listening to them, laughing with them, playing, telling them about life or God, answering their questions, learning from fun science experiments, looking at meaningful points in history, and learning from the characters in the books we read. I pray that they will remember the notes I wrote them or the times I told them they were doing well. But I have to wonder, have I done enough? Have I LIVED the example I wish to be and taught them what I wanted by LOVING them? So, I hope teacher or not you will be able to be encouraged or challenged in some way by these words. I know I don't have the strength to do it all on my own. But through Christ we have the ability to show his love. "His love that rescued the earth lives in us." With that a few prayer requests: -for the last few weeks of school to keep going strong for me and the students -5th Grade Retreat: Next weekend I'm taking my little angels for 2 days and 1 night to a camp like setting. IT will be great, but a little terrifying too. - For the new teachers that are currently being recruited for next year -For the students as they get ready for summer, that they wouldn't pull away or become too hard to get to