Dear Sillies,
I'm cheating. I've been getting over a bug and have nothing new for you. Instead, I decided to see what I posted exactly one year ago. I'm pleased that my eyes met this sweet, inspiring post. It feels like a dose of what I and maybe you and the world needs now.
I highlighted the bits that bring the post to date.
Be good to yourselves.
You're loved.
Eighty four days since the Camp Fire [now 449 days], strength, unity, and resilience continue to pervade. It's a beautiful thing! At the heart of it all: children--our most unsung heroes.
I visit(ed) a local elementary school weekly, for work. That one school seamlessly integrated a former Paradise elementary school. And I mean, seamlessly. 2 schools in 1! With almost no time to prepare for the expansion, the kids and staff readily posted murals and artistic creations to warmly welcome their new peers.
While playing tetherball, a girl approached to say "I'm in first grade." I believe her point was that she's in first grade and nearly my height, but she was too polite to go there. Note: She is now in second grade an undoubtedly taller than me.
Other kids who noticed my lack of tetherball savvy suggested that I hit the ball harder. (I tried. I really did. I still lost, 15 games to 0 games.)
By the way, did you know that a "cheap shot" amounts to one's opponent hitting the other's body with the ball, the result of which is that the person hit by the ball is out!? Perhaps dodge-ball is a less vicious option.
Excuse me, while I leave to ice on my rope burns.They're gone now!
Be well, my friends.
"There are heroes all around us doing ordinary things in extraordinary ways."
Sadly as fires continue to ravage our country we have home grown versions of those pint sized heroes.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get over your bug. Quickly.
Thank you, EC.
DeleteLove to you.
So glad there is continued progress for your area, but sad that Australia is still burning. Keep healing my friend - tea, water, juices, and hopefully some chocolates help. Take care
ReplyDeleteThank you, my dear friend. I appreciate your sentiment and will keep healing.
DeleteHugs.
I was never vicious enough for tetherball either.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was because of my size, Alex, but it's purely a vicious game anyway.
DeleteThanks for chiming in.
It feels good, as usual, to be validated by you. =)
It is good to know that there is recovery after a disaster. You should know to be careful when playing with balls. Be aware of what you and those near you are doing with them.
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better, too.
I tend to avoid playing with balls altogether, Jono. I shall take your advice, however, when they come at me.
DeleteThank you for the well wishes.
Be well yourself.
Tether ball never made much sense to me.
ReplyDeleteIt's really quite brutal, Bathwater, but I still think that dodge-ball is worse. Do you agree?
DeleteI've never played tether ball. It's just as well, really. I hope you soon feel completely better from that nasty bug, Robyn.
ReplyDeleteIs tether ball a thing in Canada? You're probably too smart for that kind of game. Then again, ice hockey can get downright nasty.
DeleteSome balls you just don't fool around with. lol Don't even think I've ever seen it played here. Hopefully the bugs get a worm pill and are gone soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pat. I assure you I didn't get sick from playing with balls. ;~)
DeleteChildren are amazing. I just started teaching and find my days spent with kids invigorating to the spirit.
ReplyDeleteThey do breathe life into us in ways no adults ever could. I'm glad you're in the classroom, Elizabeth. Lucky you, and lucky kids.
DeleteChildren show us how we should be
ReplyDeleteExactly. Well said, Birgit.
DeleteI played a lot of tether ball as a kid. I'm sure I can't play that or anything else now.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I never played tether ball well. As a kid or grownup, I just watch the ball fly over my head. On the off chance I hit it -- well, rope burns.
DeleteLove you.
How do you get rope burns? When we played if you touched the rope you lost immediately.
DeleteExactly. I got rope burns with every loss, my friend. I lost 15 rounds. OUCH.
DeleteSmiles.
Oh so sorry to hear you are/have been ill. I hope you start feeling better very soon. I watched a video on Twitter today and it was about Koalas who were being returned "home" after having been released from the "hospitals" that they were taken to when they were rescued from the fires. They showed before and after videos of them. Oh my gosh! Those poor things! My heart just melted as I watched them struggle to move around in the before video. But in the after video, they were back to being spunky and cute. :)
ReplyDeleteThose kids sound very sweet. I hope you are feeling better. It's been a rough year for the flu and such, it seems.
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