This morning meets me with 3 thoughts/happenings to share with you.

1) The powerful words from this hymn:

And though this world with devils filled,
Should not threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed
His truth to triumph through us.
The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him-
His rage we can endure,
For lo, his doom is sure:
One little word shall fell him.

2) A funny email from my mom telling me that she "would like to choke [me] for putting that picture on the web". Haha. :) Don't you just love never knowing what I'll do next, Mom? Well, I guess it keeps life intersting anyhow. :)

3) Yesterday was a pretty rotten day with the kids. They talked all day long and I pretty much resigned myself to letting them talk away any time to work or do fun activities. And they did. So this morning I got here, pepped for a new day (and a half day at that because we have Olympics today and tomorrow) and I had a note waiting for me in the clip outside of my door. It was a big colorful picture that said "We are sorry Miss Page" and was signed by all my kids...and then in the corner said, "You are the best teacher we ever had." Well, that might be going over the top, but it really touched me anyway. These kids really are pretty wonderful...I feel blessed to be here. Even when its difficult. :)