Sometimes I am speechless

Thursday and Friday I took my students and their parents to the pumpkin patch. We rode a hay wagon pulled by a tractor out to the fields where we saw a variety of crops growing, a patch of pumpkins and a rainbow of mums. There were added delights, many different story book character displays: The Three Pigs, Captain Hook, Snow White and all her dwarf friends. There was Woody and Jessie from Toy Story, Native American Indian displays and Teepees. A large playground area, a fort to run through, a corn maze to get lost in. A very fun, sunny and warm day. Some of the blessings I will count at the end of this day.

As usual, kids say the darndest things, and sometimes they leave me speechless. In preparation for this trip we talked about ghost, bats, cats and skeletons. I told the children that each of them has his or her own skeleton; they are the 203 bones in their bodies. We felt our head bones, hand bones, leg bones, and wouldn't you know it, a little three year old boy said, "And I have a bone in my penis." Yes he did say that! And all I could do was smile and say, "Can you all show me your ankle bones?" What would YOU do?

Anne Lamott's book GRACE (EVENTUALLY)

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly at night. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself at sunset. ~Crowfoot Quote

Oh the Lord's been good to me! I feel so blessed when my eyes behold a sunset such as this. Bunnies make me smile too. Late evening is my favorite part of the day. I've had a lazy, realxing day. I read Anne Lamott's book, GRACE (EVENTUALLY) Thoughts on Faith.

Anne has a way of laying it on the line and she has the unique ability to be reverent and irreverent simultaneously. This is not a book about religion. It is about facing fear, failure, family problems and finding faith. Sorry for the alliteration, but it is one of the finest books I've read in years. Her collection of personal essays speaks to the reader's heart and soul, especially if you are a mother. Her stories will make you laugh, nod in agreement, sigh with satisfaction or shed a tear. I guarantee you, you will want to call a friend or family member and read an excerpt aloud. Put this book on your reading list. It is a must read.