"If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through."

So I'm in between time at work - waiting for the kids to show up, and thought I'd take a moment to update. I recieve quotes in my email from "HeartMath" and they always seem to be so appropriate (or at least most of the time). The title of my post is one- and it's something I have to remind myself, and applies so much to perservering in my work, even when it gets tough. I learned a lot the past couple weeks about not giving up, even when I really wanted to. I organized a field trip for my children to go to a Halloween Party, and it actually went really well. I had fun, the kids had fun, and I learned a lot about being the coordinator. I'm not sure I'm very good at it, but I'm getting practice and getting better. Making it through events like that show me that I am capable.

Friday was good, but had a sad moment too. This one woman who I've worked with a little in the morning came in more dressed up than usual, and we learned she was leaving to go back to her home country(though we weren't completely positive if she was or not, as she didn't say it outright). What really touched my heart was when she hugged my supervisor, turned to walk out the door, then turned around, came over to me and gave me a hug, too. In that moment I saw and felt a deep kind of love- that love that we are all called to have for one another. There was gratitude in that hug- and it was coming from both ends. There was so much we had learned from each other in just two short months. It's simply amazing to me how such a connection can form in such a short time. I really almost cried.

Okay, I'm losing my train of thought, so I'm going to stop for now. Just wanted to refelct on some good moments. Here's another good quote I'll end with:

"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us."- Stephen Covey

Take care.