“Happy Wednesday 1.”
This is another “I taught Kindergarten once” story, but I taught Kindergarten once and it was really amazing and also really hard at times. A few months in, I caught myself in countdown-to-the-weekend mode and that was the LAST thing I wanted to teach, or live.
So, I had a good cry about it, and then had an idea: add celebration to the middle of every week.
The final block of every Wednesday lesson plan, from there on out, was wholly dedicated to “Feliz Miércoles.” We made a giant card, grabbed the maracas and tambourines, and surprised one teacher or other staff member with a grand display of our appreciation.
So, today I say: What if we let Wednesday itself be a reason to send a card, shake a maraca, praise God, buy flowers from the supermarket, disrupt life a bit by celebrating it?I think it could change things. In fact, I know it could.
Happy Wednesday, friends.
“Even at High Tide.”
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
This image is a testament to that gentle, perpetual strength. May we trust that it will see us through, even at high tide.