La Sonya

“Well doctor? He said with fear in his voice. Do you see it? It’s behind my shoulder on the right, just below my shoulder blade. “ “Yes I see it.” The doctor said with a slow confidant voice. Sighing deeply, “Oh, great. Than can you take it out? Can you get rid of it? Please?” He desperately asked. “This has been there a long time. It has grown quite a bit. How long have you known about it and not come in?”  He asked with a reprimand. “I know Doctor, I know. “ He said while not making eye contact. “I was afraid, what if it is malignant and I didn’t have much time left? What if in order to take it off you have to dig really deep and you take out part of me? What if it is permanent, forever, a part of who I am?” The questions tumbled out full of fear. “So you kept from mentioning it each time you came in? I fail to see how that helped?” The doctor said while making bold eye contact. A long pause, ended with a deep breath, “You’re right, you are alwa...

I am on the move again. I know that I'm hard to get ahold of or that I'm always going somewhere new but this time I'm not. I'm going back to a place I've been before, a place that I have called home. I'm moving to Oakhurst, California. The town right outside the Southern entrance to Yosemite National Park. I am their new Kindergarden teacher. That's right, a bunch of little kids and I are going to learn together We are going to conquer the world of colors, numbers and letters. We will go where no other 5 and 6 year old have gone before! We will explore the outdoors, our imaginations and the world of knowledge. It is going to be grand. After I finish up here in Arizona I'm heading up and over, school starts in a little bit and I've got a classroom to prepare. God is good. "For I know the plans I have for you, "says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you hope and a future ." Jeremiah 29:1...