#sol24 Before the SOL Challenge

 

Before the SOL Challenge begins

There will be 

Busy days and three sleeps.

There will be

Classes, workouts, dinners, laughs.

There will be 

Groceries, cleaning, laundry.

There will also be

Sunrises, sunsets, and a surgery.

My anxiety about accepting the SOL Challenge

Is about the same as the anxiety about the surgery!

#sol24 Those Minutes Really Do Fly By

"The days are long but the years are short," experienced parents would offer as I raced from basketball, to field hockey to baseball to orchestra....... I nodded in agreement even if I was not sure I would survive managing kids' activities in a rural area. In true confession, I appreciated the basketball timer that seemed to keep the length of a game in tact and dreaded those (seemingly) endless baseball games. There were days I felt as if I lived in the car. Yet the years did fly by in a matter of what now appears to have been minutes.

I thought about those parents as I stood recently at a in a crowded gym where my little ones just learning the ropes tried to use their "moves" in matches that really were measured in minutes. I also thought about those parents as I sat in a crowded pool watching my little one in heats that really were measured in minutes. 

These days, I am grateful for minutes with my little ones.  These days I am keenly aware that, "The hours are long but the minutes fly by."

 

#sol24 Still Snow Exciting

 

Long ago, I put a spoon under my pillow,

Wore pajamas backwards

Woke early, listened anxiously to the radio

In anticipation.

Long ago, I put the phone near my pillow

Woke early to spread the news

Dutifully completed the snow chain

Excited for the day ahead.

Today, I still slept fitfully

Woke early to watch the snow fall

Thought of my students

Gearing up for a remote teaching day.

I can't imagine the challenges

Keeping distracted students engaged 

On a SNOWY DAY,

For me,

It's still snow exciting.