a scribble of jo

where to?

Year: 2013

  • glimpses here

            

  • fail forward

    It’s finished. I finished my first year of teaching. And while I shy away from considering it a victory, I raise my hands to God to acknowledge His success, His story, His plan. There were so many moments of doubt and uncertainty. Some days I cried in my sister’s office; other days I cried in…

  • the necessity

    Sometimes I hate the necessity of what hurts us. I dislike the fact that I care too deeply or that I’m moved too easily by what others consider the little things. Last night I talked to a student of mine and she said she gets over things quickly because she knows it’s just  a mind…

  • forward to foolishness

    I am going to go to sleep in a few minutes thinking about all the ways I could’ve done it differently. I’ll think of the student I should have spent one more minute acknowledging; of the teacher who made me laugh from the pit of my stomach until I felt foolish and quieted down; of…

  • happy, simple saturdays

    I love today for its simplicity. It starts with waking up free of obligations, no one but myself to rush for. I skype with my mom and two of my sisters. I miss them over there, but it’s a good missing, not so sad as much as it fills me with love and hopeful expectation.…