A week of disappointment...

Just a week of disappointment...
I have not been blogging very much here lately. The schedule has been SO hectic. And debilitating. I am exhausted and am looking forward to Thanksgiving...where I will be more than thankful for the rest and a break.
Kids making wrong choices.  Dealing with back-stabbing and folks who feel it is their place to stick noses into places that it just isn't needed nor requested. Folks making choices about my program with little to no involvement. Students who have so much visible potential and are pushing every button possible and stumbling, setting themselves up for failure. Frustrated with my lack of patience regarding life in general. It takes a large amount of BS to pile up for me to finally take the bull by the horns and boy HOWDY, I am reaching that point in some aspects of my life.
What I have to do is keep reminding myself why I keep doing this...Reminding myself that it is these moments that define me. Moments that toughen me. Moments that strengthen my spine.
Sure this past week had some pretty amazing "pinch me" kinda moments. From getting the chance to see my kids perform in their 9th grade/ 10th grade fall play to watching some great Forensics individual events getting ready for next weekend's competition. I got the chance to go hear an all-around great guy perform his music at a local pub for a date night. I even got the chance to facilitate a movie premiere organized to raise money for a scholarship fund...this event also contained a Q&A with Michael Urie, of Ugly Betty fame. He was so nice. So sweet. So giving and inspirational to our students. I loved the opportunity to do this and he was such a motivational speaker and was able to connect how his success as a director/ actor/ producer can be tied to his work in a Forensics program in Texas. SO COOL!!!!
It's in those moments when dark clouds knock at the door or cloud my day...I gotta remind myself of these gleaming moments and keep praying for patience and guidance and lightness of being.

And then a sweet friend posts this on her Facebook page and I know that there is a hand in this life of mine...leading me through...