Happy Easter!

The Lord saved me! Jesus is the true meaning of this special holiday weekend, but I also want to send you all a fun Easter greeting. Happy Easter!

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/ScYYJmM3D6y99kpJ

Spreading Wide My Narrow Hands

Emily Dickenson’s poem “I Dwell in Possibility” has inspired me on this “It’s a Ladybug Kind of Day!” to do just that—to dwell in the possibility.

I love this stanza from Dickenson’s poem:

“…For Occupation--This--
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
To gather Paradise--"

The stanza encourages me. It also excites me! What is possibility? What possibilities lie ahead of me? How do I plan to “spread wide my narrow hands” and to “gather paradise?” One way that I plan to do this is by pursuing a dream.

It has always been my dream to write and to publish a children’s story. It became my dream when I was in high school. I have always had the idea tucked deep inside my mind of what I wanted to do, but it never came to fruition until this past week. The story actually began developing when I decided to begin blogging. It was as if God wiped away the cobwebs in the dusty, dark area of my mind where I kept this dream tucked away, and He shined light on it!

I am so excited to begin this new venture. I have been planning all weekend long. I think I am about ready to begin putting it down on paper. Who knows where it will lead or even if it will be a success in the literary world, but, at least, I can say that I have decided to follow a dream. Who knows, maybe someday my grandchildren will love it. As I tell my students all of the time “Authors get to leave their fingerprints in the world because their literature stands the test of time.” Now, I will get to say that about me as well! That’s pretty neat, if I do say so myself!

So, on this “It’s a Ladybug Kind of Day!” I am thankful that God gave me a creative talent that I have not fully used: writing. I am also grateful that He brought this dream back to life for me! Perhaps, this will be the beginning of my gathering a new paradise by opening wide my narrow hands and living one of my many dreams!

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/6276

What in the world am I doing?

I had this crazy realization recently that I want to become part of the blogosphere. What was I thinking? I must be crazy. In my attempt to add dialogue to the Internet voice, I am jumping in feet first not knowing what I will be writing about or where this venture will take me. I do not even know what my voice will become on this journey, but, knowing me, it will change often. As the cliché goes, "Hang on, it will be a wild ride." I am certain there will be bumps, twists, turns, free-falls, and, hopefully, some smooth sailings along the way. Buckle up. Here I go...

I am just going to "get my feet wet" with this first blog since I have no idea what I am doing!

Today is a "Ladybug kind of day!" because I choose to be happy. I am at my desk looking at an email that my dad sent me a couple of years ago. I keep it posted nearby so that I will never forget (sadly, however, I seem to need this reminder everyday because I do, indeed, forget it). It was two years ago, and I was surrounded by so much negativity in my career and even personally, and I felt like the world was out to get me. My dad sent me (his "ladybug") an email reminding me that "It takes as much energy to be negative as opposed to being positive. 'Am I going to have a good day or a bad day?' I have a choice. It's not what happens to me that counts; it is how I react when it does happen to me...I have only a limited supply of energy for the day. Use it in a positive way. I will be happier and everyone around me will be as well." Thank you, Dad. Positive thinking is just as contagious as negative thinking. So, on this "It's a Ladybug kind of day!" I am choosing to be positive even when the annoyances of late papers, excuses for not completing reading assignments, and failing grades on the part of my students are slamming me from the left and the right. I can do this! Be positive--pass it on.

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