Release

I turned in all my stuff today to the school where I had worked this year. I rechecked a student’s exam, per his request, to confirm that he did not, in fact, answer all of the free response section of the test. (That part was quite sad, actually. He had prepared reasonably well for the exam and would have done great on it – he’d gotten full credit on everything else. He would have been very close to a hundred had he not completely gone dumb and ignored the directions, skipping entirely the two French short-answer questions… which we had practiced in class… ::big sigh. He so could have done it.)

Surprisingly, it was mostly painless. I didn’t run into the folks who ruined the school for me, so that helped. But the people I did see were very sweet and genuine. One even chased me down across campus to make sure he could say goodbye properly to me. That was super sweet and meant a lot to me.

Thank you, God, for the love and care and courage today. And thank you for getting me out of a place where I am not fully welcome and wanted. Help me always to pursue and fulfill your will, being my best self. Keep me and my family healthy and well and together and loving. Help us all to trust in you always and in all ways. Thank you for this life and this love, and thank k you for your love. In your name, I pray. Amen.

Post-a-day 2024