Best Mama EVER!!!

The last week and a half or so have been really chaotic and stressful and busy for me.  Last week, I had my teacher observation/reviews, so I had my boss-teacher sitting in on all of my classes and critiquing every aspect of my teaching.  At the beginning of the week, it was really, really rough, and though it got better as the week went on, it was still quite stressful and frustrating.  On top of that, I had to fill out progress reports for all of my K and Elementary students, grades and comments for each student.  It took so much more of my time than it should have and was totally annoying.  But it's part of my job so I did it.  To make things worse, I wasn't sleeping well or feeling that great.  A bunch of students in my class had been sick, and I think I had taken a touch of their sickness home with me.  BUT all the chaos and stress and bad feeling in my life was quelled earlier this afternoon when I received a care package from my mama!!!

I knew mom had sent me a package, and I had been waiting not so patiently for a week and a half.  When I saw it today, before even opening it up, I just began smiling from ear to ear.  Seeing that little tangible token of love and being reminded that someone back in the States loves me and appreciates me and misses me TOTALLY made my day...possibly my week!  I opened the package upon getting home, and let me just say that I have THE best mama ever!  I hadn't told her anything that I specifically wanted but when I peered in and saw what she had sent it was absolutely perfect.  There were all kinds of goodies that I've been wanting to buy since I got here, that I see every time I got to the supermarket and spend 5 minutes trying to decide whether I should spend the $8-20 on it when it only costs $1-3 back home.  Basically, it was just really awesome and exactly what I needed.  God is so good, isn't he?  Encouraging us in new and exciting and unexpected ways when life starts pulling us down and kicking us around.  What a good and mighty and perfect Lord we serve!

If you see Mrs. Mary Kash around in the next couple days, let her know how amazing she is and how blessed we all are to have her in our lives.

Love you and miss you all terribly!

KendallCooke