| My country heart has to work in the dirt and
help God to bring forth flowers to gladden the
senses and the spirit. My garden is open to all
creatures so you will see humans, rabbits, squirrels,
hummingbirds, bees, ants and wolf spiders - -
and it is good.
My students keep me young and give me gray hair!
This paradox is always present. How I want each
to reach their highest potential and oh, how they
want me to go easy on them! But we do learn from
each other. I have a Master’s Degree in mathematics
but even after 31 years of teaching, I am still
learning to see old concepts through the fresh
eyes of my students. St. Benedict tells us to
listen to the young! Of course he also tells the
young to reverence their elders! I’m not
sure my students are ready to go that far.
I remember being young with all those possibilities
ahead. It was exciting and also fearful. That
has given me a life full of adventure and yet
it would seem an uneventful life to most. But
as each new song is sung and each new flower springs
forth from the earth, and each new student appears
in my class, I see anew the wonder of God’s
creations.
My advice to my students and to all – lead
God do the driving and you will have adventures
great and small, and you will never get truly
lost!
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