Are you okay?

Are you okay? Are you going to be okay with that? Is everything okay?

So many people asking me essentially the sam

e thing...

Short answer: the Lord loves me, so of course I will be okay. Long answer: Well, what other choices do I have?

That's kind of how life is right now- the what other choices do I have kind of life. I suppose I could yell about some things, make trouble of sorts, sit at home and feel sorry for myself or give up on trying to make things better-

but then again, given what I know about who I am, where I come from, and what I am expected to become, none of that is really, truly an option. I am supposed to do my best to help those around me and be okay.

And there is great comfort in being okay, in having no other choice than to be okay. I found it today when that last senior- the one who had to complete 27 hours of attendance make-up with me (during non-class hours, no less- yes, I saw WAY too much of him these last few weeks!)- came in to my classroom with a HUGE grin on his face and announced that he is going to graduate! It's why I teach, it's why I am willing to be at work early every day, it's why, no matter what life may throw at me, I will be okay.

And another reason:

Love this girl! (even if she did grow up way too fast!)