Today I learned in one of his speeches Martin Luther KingJr. quoted scripture from Matthew 10 and then said: Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve…You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. I’m learning to serve. I want to stop walking by needs. I want to stop feeling a… Read more Serve. →
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! For more information, check out the CELEBRATE This Week page. Please use #clebratelu to share.One.I needed to hear these words from Gari Meacham… Read more CELEBRATE This Week XIV →
{Image credits: PSE 11; Valentine brushes from Jessica Sprague} Sometimes it’s overwhelming to love the hard-to-love. The eighth grader with crossed arms and glaring from eye slits. The third grader… Read more Little Matters to Love →
You are enough. You are made for this time and this place. There is work just for you to do and no one can do it quite like you. Instead… Read more You are Enough {Coffee for Your Heart} →
I’m not sure how this book landed in my hands. I mean, sure, I ordered it and I couldn’t wait to read it, so I downloaded an e-version…and I mentioned… Read more Deciding to LEAP →
Twelve months ago I was apprehensive to claim this word as mine for 2013. Now, from this perspective, I can’t imagine a better word to teach me what I needed… Read more What SHINE taught me {OLW 2013} →
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! For more information, check out the CELEBRATE This Week page. Please use #clebratelu to share. What happens when you don’t want to celebrate? When you think you are too exhausted to celebrate? You CELEBRATE anyway! I’m keeping my brain focused on the things I can rave about this week. One.I had three conversations via Google Hangouts with educators across the country. They gave me energy and reminded me how very much I like working in a coach capacity. Thank you Katie, Colby, and… Read more CELEBRATE This Week X →
This is my favorite season. I wish I could end the post right there. Five words and — click — done. But, like most beginnings, the first five words only tell some of the story. The season is not ideal. For children who have hard histories, this season brings extreme emotions. Hope for a family that stays forever. Grief for the family that’s been lost.Joy for being well-loved. Fear of being well-loved. Their emotions explode.Waves of giggles. Swarms of screams. Abundance of hugs. Plenty of stomps. Somehow,surrounded by the twinkling… Read more Emotions Explode →
The line of stockings hung from the stairway banister keeps catching me by surprise. They began, 36 years ago when someone gave my parents a baby gift. The hand knitted… Read more The Stockings are Hung →
Ruth Ayres Writes 