the bunk bulletin: October 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Fall Break

The first semester of school is always the best, no matter what grade you're in (or teach). There's a holiday in every month, and that then makes you even more excited for the next one coming up. Oh man, I can hardly wait for Thanksgiving and then Christmas! The holiday break for October that took me down to Arizona was Fall Break. It was great, grand, and wonderful. The best thing was seeing my new baby nephew, Dax Cooley Phelps, that was born ON my bday!

Playing with darling Quinn and Dax

Graham wanted in on the fun

Ava is pretty, darn cute

Our first hockey game--what an experience!

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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

~Nelson Mandela