So, I thought I would take a few minutes to celebrate our wonderful school…the very good gift that God has given us: Wilson Creek Elementary School. We are Wildcats. Respectful, responsible, and ready to learn. (At least until we get home, right?). This is our sixth year to be Wilson Creekers. Cate is in...you will not believe…FIFTH grade. Practically a middle schooler! Already driving! (I mean, not really. But SO grown up!) We have met the community through this child, and the next three that followed her to the school. Babe and I met more neighbors at the bus stop on the first day of kindergarten than we had met in the previous six years that we had lived in the neighborhood! (I mean, really!) Wonderful, diverse Wilson Creek! Look around…only about 25% of the faces that you see look like yours. (Hmm…kind of sounds like our family.) How special for my kids to grow up shoulder to shoulder with the nations. They hardly notice skin color. To them the name “Lakshmi” sounds the same as “Ella”. A summer vacation “back to Korea” is the same as a week at the Gulf Coast. Speaking two or three languages is just what most kids do. (Yes, the Burwell kids are a little behind on this.) On any given play date with school friends, several continents are represented. Personally, I come from a land of Vanilla people. THIS land in which my kids get to live is so much more fun, and a truer representation of the world that God has made. I literally thank Him all the time for this great school…this experience that my kids get to be a part of. It is invaluable. (And sponsored by your tax dollars...Thank you.).
I want to teach my kids to look at the good things in our lives and trace them back to the hand of God. To make the connection that HE is behind the good in our lives. So, Wilson Creek teachers and administrators, a special shout out to you for being a huge gift from God to the Burwells! You are loved. And yes, God bless public school! And now, my next prayer? Year round school!!!!!