Falling Down and Popping Up

It rained today. It never rains in January. Such a simple thing gave so many pause. Everyone stopped or ran (depending on where they were when the deluge started) and laughed and smiled and yelled: "It's RAINING!" We don't know why and it didn't last long. The ground, so dry from months of sunshine and wind, soaked it all up before you could even notice that it had been wet. It came just as my kids were about to start a presentation at our weekly staff meeting. Rain on a metal roof would not have been conducive to their nervous voices trying to speak in front of 50 adults. So, we offered prayer and just as we were about to begin, the rain stopped. If I haven't mentioned before, my middle schoolers have produced the most amazing piece of cartoon art which is now featured on a website, also being viewed as an online ebook, and is about to be the focus of an article in English Teaching Professional...an internationally-read teaching journal. We thought we ought to share that PRAISE with our school community which has been so harshly targeted with crisis and tragedy lately. You can view their work at either of these sites:

http://grammarmancomic.com (look for the comic titled "Grammarman Travels to Guatemala")
http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=3623

We will also be PRAISING tomorrow night as the high schoolers open their production of Beauty and the Beast for its three-night run.

So what was popping up? About 200 bags of popcorn on top of my stove! ...to sell as snacks at intermission tomorrow night. Only 400 more to go!!!