Saturday, May 16, 2015

Celebrate Turn #15


I am ever so grateful to Ruth Ayres for inviting us to share and celebrate events, big or small, from our week.

Today I celebrate chaos.

I have five more school days left before summer break.  With that comes all of the end-of-the-year messiness.  You know what I am talking about - essays to grade, report cards, awards, end-of-the-year assessments and reports, inventories, tasks that need to be finalized or planned for the beginning of next year.  Add to that the craziness of middle school students and I am living in chaos.

I also have a high school graduation to plan.  My son graduates next Friday night.  I think I am ready mentally, but I know I am not ready physically.  I still have a house to clean and last minute arrangements to finish.  This coming week, I know, will be chaotic.

But through the chaos comes celebration. 

beginnings
endings
growth
memories
success
dreams
smiles
and
tears

Have a great week and may you have many celebrations along the way.

15 comments:

  1. Wow!!! Chaos reigns in your world now, but I have faith that you will steer your way through it gracefully & with a smile!! You can do it!! Happy almost Graduation to your son! That's exciting!! And only 5 days?!?!? I have 21 days left. YOU. CAN. DO. IT. I'm cheering you on from Virginia!!

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  2. I love the way you "turned" your thinking from chaos to celebration! It reminds me that there's always celebration waiting in the midst of the chaos. Have a fabulous week!

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  3. Yes, chaos and memories. They seem to always coincide. I barely remember my own wedding for the same reason. How to slow down time so we can appreciate it as well. Perhaps this post is one way to do that. Congratulations on your successes.

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  4. Especially have a marvelous time during the graduation, Leigh Anne. It is a mixed-feeling time, I know. Chaos is certainly the right word! As I read, I am adding, adding to my list of things to do! What a time for teachers! Best wishes to you and the family!

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  5. Those words are so true! It's amazing the range of emotions we go through this time of year, but to add on the emotion of pride - congrats to your son, and your daughter!

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  6. I am glad you stopped to pick the celebrations in the center of chaos. You sure do have a lot going on. Remember to breathe.

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  7. Wow! Hang in there it is crazy but worth it. Congrats to your son and hugs to you! I still have one at home (a junior). I know next year will be tough.

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  8. Chaos is the perfect word. We have three weeks left to go, but I can already feel the impending weight of how much I'm trying to cram into the schedule before our time runs out.

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  9. I wish you moments to breathe! Good luck and enjoy.

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  10. Leigh Anne, I love your summary poem of what comes out of chaos: celebrations. Love the positivity that is flowing in this post.

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  11. No new beginnings without endings. But it is so very hard to give up your child's childhood, isn't it? School will end, tasks will get done but spend some time if you can with your son reflecting on this graduation and what it means to end 12 years usually spent with the security of the same people doing the same routine. I know that my children were surprisingly nostalgic about this ending.

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  12. Perfect - love that tower of words at the end.

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  13. Congratulations to your child on the high school graduation that is coming up. It must be a very bittersweet time for you. Chaos is the perfect word to describe that last week of school with middle school students. Good luck getting through the whirlwind of paperwork this week.

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  14. I love it - CHAOS - or in your case - organized, piled high, whirlwind of stuff!

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  15. Wishing you the strength you need to hold back the tears next Friday night. Wait, scratch that! Cry those tears of happiness as your son moves on to a new season of his life. :)

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