A Long December
It's been a long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself To hold on to these moments as they pass -Counting Crows It's been a pretty rough semester here in my teaching world. Lots of change, which is hard for me. Lots of loss close to me, and close to those around me. Friends moving, changing career directions, and just being taken too soon (Ron- you are missed), dear friends experiencing loss- it's just been a lot. To paraphrase the song posted above- "It's been a long December semester." It hasn't all been bad. There have been good things, too. It's fun to watch your kid grow into a mostly functional, fairly independent human. Things in our church life are very good, and I still have very good, supportive friends at work and in my career. But it's been a long semester. I guess I said t...