awake...

She's awake. Keep praying for Megan. She has a long road ahead of her. The therapists have her up and moving, which is so great especially since she has been in bed in a coma for the past 12 days.

Continue to pray for the Harris/Ridge family. The funeral was Friday and that always seems to be when the healing process can finally begin. Pray that Robert's death would serve as a wake up call for this area. Violence is never the answer and I pray that through his death people would realize that it is not the answer. I look forward to seeing how the Lord will bring glory to himself through this terrible situation.

I have been so encouraged by the people who don't know Megan or Riccardo and his family that are praying for them. Yet again I am reminded that we are not to live this life in isolation, we need the body around us. We were created for relationship. Ultimately a relationship with Jesus but definitely for relationship with people.

my heart hurts...

Its been a tough few days back to work as one of my students and former cheerleaders was in a pretty serious car wreck over break. She's still in a coma and right now we are just waiting on her to wake up... When I forget why it is that I do what I do, I am quickly reminded when tears stream down my face because of the scary thought that one of my kids might not make it.

And what a difference a few minutes can make....Saturday night in front of a packed house at WSU in a game that went into overtime Southeast beat East in what could possibly be the most incredible high school basketball I will ever witness in my lifetime. About a hour after the game ended the unthinkable happened. One of our coaches, lost his son.

A coach, a teacher, a pastor, a friend...is now dealing with not only the death of his son but the outrageous fact that his son's life was cut shot by an act of violence. My heart hurts...

a new year....

2007 was a great year, lots of fun things happened. There ware some challenging times and even a few sad moments. I took thousands of pictures of the incredible people in my world. Here are some of my most cherished pictures from 2007.

I spent a lot of time at baseball games in the spring.

It was time well spent watching one of my most favorite guys do what he loves!

I am blessed with the greatest Bible study.

One of my best friends got married to a great British man.

Time with heart sisters is priceless.

Meeting up with Nkem. Seeing Nathan run in the Olympic Trials.
Spending a weekend in New York was definitely a highlight of 07.

The chance to start over, start fresh is always exciting. As much as I dread going back to work, I can't help but be excited about a new semester, new faces sitting in my classroom, new lives to be a part of...I'm not really one for new years resolutions however I am making one and it applies to this small little corner of cyberspace.... I resolve to post to this new blog much more frequently.