you still remain
And these are some reasons why my life is, after all, kind of okay.
This is Mahlia. She is five years old and she can't read by herself just yet. In this picture she is drawing a fan, because we were playing a drawing game where she thought of words that started with certain letters and then drew them. She got all the way from A to F! From a girl who last week had trouble remembering what sound "b" makes, this is incredibly awesome work.
Those are Payne, Markus, and Matthew. I am currently teaching Markus Spanish. I absolutely adore him, and when he runs for President in twenty-five years I will be first in line to vote for him.
This is Jade-Lynne, or JJ. She is a sassy one! Later she hijacked my camera.
This is me and Emani. Sometimes I help Emani with her math homework, but mostly I just love her and play mancala with her. Look at that face! Who would not love that face?
This is JJ turning Chance into a bunny rabbit. Chance is trying to convince me to trade my camera for his Filet-O-Fish. When I refused, he nodded and said, "Well, at least Filet-O-Fish tastes good. That camera definitely doesn't."
This is technically a picture of all three of us, but JJ was standing about two feet away and had a little difficulty with the concept of "Hold the camera still and take the picture as soon as you can see us all on that little screen."
And there you have it! Why I sometimes smile.
This is Mahlia. She is five years old and she can't read by herself just yet. In this picture she is drawing a fan, because we were playing a drawing game where she thought of words that started with certain letters and then drew them. She got all the way from A to F! From a girl who last week had trouble remembering what sound "b" makes, this is incredibly awesome work.
Those are Payne, Markus, and Matthew. I am currently teaching Markus Spanish. I absolutely adore him, and when he runs for President in twenty-five years I will be first in line to vote for him.
This is Jade-Lynne, or JJ. She is a sassy one! Later she hijacked my camera.
This is me and Emani. Sometimes I help Emani with her math homework, but mostly I just love her and play mancala with her. Look at that face! Who would not love that face?
This is JJ turning Chance into a bunny rabbit. Chance is trying to convince me to trade my camera for his Filet-O-Fish. When I refused, he nodded and said, "Well, at least Filet-O-Fish tastes good. That camera definitely doesn't."
This is technically a picture of all three of us, but JJ was standing about two feet away and had a little difficulty with the concept of "Hold the camera still and take the picture as soon as you can see us all on that little screen."
And there you have it! Why I sometimes smile.