Wednesday, January 17, 2024

A day that is really just for me

It is still frigidly cold here.  Some schools were closed, and almost all the others were on a delay.  Not where I work though!  We were all reporting at the regular time, and the windchills were negative as we unloaded kids from cars.  Weeks ago, I had scheduled a sub to be on standby for today.  She is awesome, and wants to work as many hours as she can during this month before her classes begin.  As it turned out, she wasn't needed in any classrooms, so I took the opportunity to have her in the office and I took the day at home.  It helps with the car situation as well, because Thomas's car hasn't worked in a month, and yesterday my vehicle developed a VERY flat tire.  I was able to get home before Thomas needed to leave for work.  The Civic is also having some battery issues, but we need it to keep plugging along until we have other vehicles working again.

I've picked up a couple of things, and I've read the newspaper, and I'm probably going to take a nap.  I appreciate being alone with my feelings and thoughts today, and I'm trying so very hard to feel at peace.  I read an article though, about a man who delivered motherless pups to an animal shelter.  He'd been feeding the mother when he could and found her dead along the side of the road after being hit by a car.  He knew there had been puppies, so he searched and found them, and left a note asking that he not be judged for leaving them, but because he was homeless he couldn't care for them.  Oh my goodness, I cried.  It makes one wonder how a man with such a heart could be in such a situation...how could God allow that?  While it's beautiful, it's a story that tests my faith, as have so many things these days.  Again, I've been hoping and praying for peace in my heart, and hopefully it begins with today, and a day for me to just be.

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