Persist {CELEBRATE This Week: 195}

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I have too much to say for a single blog post. So I’ll boil it down to the most important information:

I bought a new pair of shoes this week.

They are proving to be wise investment. I was looking for a pair of grass green shoes, but ended up with red…bright red…suede red on the toes and shiny red on the heels.

I bought them for an interview.

Since it’s a little bit of a dream job, I decided it warranted a new pair of kicks.

I got the job.

I’m the new All Write Director. 

All Write is a professional development consortium, and I’ll get to coordinate area PD for 30+ school districts.

Tonight I wore my new shoes again to graduation.

As a school board member,  I have the privilege of handing out diplomas. 

I loved it.

I smiled and shook the hands of 2017 graduates.

I kept thinking about how it couldn’t have been all rainbows and roses for them to reach this point. By the time you graduate high school, you’ve faced a few struggles in life. 

I stood there in my new shoes and I was reminded that life is all about persistence. In the end it doesn’t matter what the struggles were…it just matters that we keep pressing on. 

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  2. Congratulations! I am thrilled for you. And I love the red shoes. My great aunt said every lady should wear a bit of red every day, especially if she is going out. My iPhone is red. 🙂

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  5. Woo Hoo! I'm dancing over here in my bare feet! And those red shoes are beautiful. I still have your yellow shoe post which I used as a mentor post when teaching SOL to my students. Maybe I'll make it to the All Write Conference next year (fingers and toes crossed)!!! All Write Director sounds like a Just Right Title!

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