I couldn't believe the freezing temps outside as I stepped outside this morning. I wore layers upon layers, plus made sure Cyclone was wrapped up in a scarf too. She kept trying to shake it off, but I think it helped. She is getting used to the cold, only occasionally holding up a paw and looking mournfully at me, walking on her other three paws. "Oh, get used to it you wimp!" I was thinking, in my layers, boots, long underwear and mitts. Nate and I walked past Maryland, on the way to school and noticed the blocked off street there. Seven patrol cars, an ambulance and yellow tape. We heard earlier on the news that the police had surrounded an apartment block, a man inside who had a gun. When I got home, the radio announced lock down "at two schools" in the area....no names used but I knew John M. King was one...its just across the back lane from the action.
I was there at the school yesterday, helping with a robot project in my son's class. I love the learning and spunk, creativity and personalities. I looked on at one girls attempts to follow the instructions and told her that she must have a mathematical brain to get it so easily. "Oh, but I have a grade 1 math level!" She's in grade 5 or 6. I told her that she wouldn't stay at that level with her kind of skills I was seeing. She told me she has someone in the neighborhood helping her to get up to speed. I pray she does! Knowing a little about her background, she comes from a transient, single mom home. She comes to our church sometimes, had even been recently dedicated there with 2 other siblings and her mom. She smiled and went back to her project. That little look of hope warmed me inside, a 10-yr old defying the odds. Something us grown-ups need to try a bit more at. Defying the odds.
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