God does funny things. He can take those things that make us the most uncomfortable and those things that make us shake our head and say " no way, uh uh, that is not going to be me " and He can plunk us right down in the middle of it. I disliked high school . When one mentions high school I get sweaty palms and my breathing speeds up and scary images of awkwardness come to mind. Don't get me wrong, there were high points. I did marry my high school sweetheart after all. But there were enough of those scary awkward moments that when I finally got out of high school I told myself I am not going back, no way, no how. I told myself that I cannot be around teenagers. Because they kinda freak me out. I always felt like I needed to impress them. Even when I was years out of high school, I still felt the pull to impress the present day teenagers. those 'cool' people. Always hoping that they thought I was 'cool' too. But then God said, 'not o
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Paul. I really caught myself quite the catch when I married him. Paul is selfless and humble in every sense of the word. And for the last year has been working like crazy to complete his Masters Degree. And I bet some of you didn’t even know that, and if you did, it’s only because I was the one who told you. Let me paint the picture for you: Last November Paul enrolled in a Graduate’s Program to obtain his Master’s in Education. This has been something that he has wanted to do for the last 10 years and he finally was able to make it reality. So, for the last year, with a fulltime job, demanding wife, and 3 children under 4, Paul worked away at achieving that degree. There were many late nights and hundreds of sighs but the last long haul came in mid-August when school started. Paul started his student teaching . Which means he: Got up every morning at 5 AM to do lesson plans and get to school early Taught 6 high school math classes to 9 th -12 th graders (whi