Missing Morning CoffeeI have a dear friend I meet monthly for coffee. She is a teacher, wife, mother, and Christ follower like me. We go to a cafe downtown, order breakfast and coffee and then talk, usually for 3 hours! And even then we have to force ourselves to stop talking so we can accomplish the other tasks for the day.
With life topsy turvy, we missed our coffee date last Saturday. I feel like there is so much to talk about. How are her students responding to at home learning? What are things she is hearing from parents about the lessons prepared by the district? What does SHE think about the district lessons? What does she like and what would she change? How are things with her coworkers? Has she tried zoom? What is the district going to do for lessons if we go more than three weeks at home? How long does she think we will be home? What is she writing about now? What books has she read lately? How are her boys? Does she have any new home projects? Has she had some creative at home date nights with her husband? What is going on with her church? Plus all I have to tell her! I love writing lesson plans this way! I wish it could be this simple all the time! My curriculum coordinator is amazing! I zoomed with both my classes! I am definitely going to need more structure if I start teaching with zoom! I have been so relaxed! My husband and I are spending more time talking! I have read 4 books! My turtles are so fun! One daughter is home from Connecticut! The other daughter is still working! Church is interesting! My husband is putting in so many hours learning how to do church online! I have packed quite a few boxes! My garden is planted! I have about 1 more week of weed pulling to finally finish! I haven't left home except to get groceries once and distribute lunches once! I have not watched TV! Oh friend, I need you. You are amazing!
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Erika Victor
3/26/2020 05:03:20 am
So much to catch up on! You should have a Zoom coffee date with her. You captured how busy you are for sure.
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Kristin
3/26/2020 08:41:56 pm
I called her not long after I posted this. It was so good to catch up.
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Marina G Rodriguez
3/30/2020 09:39:21 pm
I've had this blog post open for a few days now. It needed to have it's own time. I have a dear friend, too. She is also a teacher, a wife, a mother, and Christ follower, but much more of all of those things than me. It's just quite possible that she just doesn't know how amazing she is or how hard it is to find a friend we should all work to be more like. She holds the spirit of life in her pocket, she fights for what's right, what is good, and what matters and it's just so nice to be around her. I will have to bug her to have coffee, maybe we can try something crazy and have coffee on a Friday, instead of a Saturday morning.
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