A Monday forgotten
no memory of it at all

Tuesday morning hurtful words said
in spite walking out the front door
Forgiveness happened with balloons and a card
and a coffee mug
Babysitters are wonderful
as is Costco and a good dinner

Wednesday W. left and tears were spent
by A. as he and I stayed home because of his cold
Students still came and went that day
and I prayed at yet another banquet
After six days of dating
a talented and bright young woman came to ask
if she should consider staying home with "their
future children" just to make him happy

Oh, they so want to be loved and to be "the one"
for someone else;
but it opened up a wound in me about not being there
enough for A., which led to...

Thursday
gut-wrenching and hard
A. back to the doctor with a chest cold
new medicine helped him
tears and wails of sorrow
tore open a wound in me as I left him at daycare

Too much work this week
Students anxious
Reports due
Plans to be finalized
At Wal-Mart until 9:45 buying things for Field Day

Friday
Joyous! Amazing!
45-page packet for students about France DONE!
Things, miraculously, if not slowly, falling into place
Campus Ministry won most involvement on campus
We then hosted our first annual Field Day
(remember elementary school?)
and I had to rush home before getting A. to wash
whipped cream out of my ear

Later, found out that my grandmother is in the hospital again; doesn't seem serious
Too much to say to express what I felt finding out almost
a day after she went in

Saturday
low-key; we still miss W. who is gone for 6 more days
(A. and I count down)
hung out with some of W.'s family at their place
then drove to shop with a student and A.
her car breaks down in the middle of two highways merging
Cingular road-side assistance, slow
Students pull up behind us
rescue us from the heat and the traffic
friends come
tow-truck comes
rental car works out....(yeah, Avis!)
Miraculously, we are home, safe

Goodnight.