The sun through the clouds has looked a little like this the last few mornings...very autumnal...my favorite word...and also very indicative of life at work these days. One has to be sure to focus on the sun through the clouds.

I'm not going to go too far into it here, because I know that I am in part hormonal, sleep deprived, and grieving my summer, but work today felt lonely and long. It had very little to do with the kids and much to do with myriad other things. But somehow, God knows when you need confirmation that you matter. I had a reminder of what it is all about when a kid who has not loved school too much, for a lot of years, came up to me at the end of the day for his agenda check, with a really glowing and happy letter to his parents. I said to him, "Wow, what a nice letter!" and his reply was, "Yeah, I actually I like school this year."

There is a reason I am doing what I am doing, and a reason I am doing it where I am.