Live Out Loud - Adventures of a mom

If this blog were a book, a memoir or a biography, I am pretty sure this entry would mark a new chapter.  Yes, it's quite obvious I have entered a new chapter in my life (though I'm not sure if the previous chapter needs or has to be closed all together!). Everything has been happening so fast it has been difficult to digest and arrange my thoughts. I am now back to teaching English to adults on a part time basis. And I can see it now.  After teaching for a bit, God lead me away from teaching for a long time...because I was not ready. I had all the training, all the information, even the desire to teach. I think I can say I was "good" at it too. But "No", God said.  At the time, He gave me other challenges, other jobs.  I was still in the education field but I was doing more managerial or administrative and development work.  I could see students come in and out of the schools I was working at.  But I was not their teacher. And then the babi...

Kids are home now.  One more school year has come and gone.  2013-2014 has brought so many lessons, challenges, new adventures, and closed chapters I find my head spinning to order my thoughts.  But as I was reflecting and sharing one of my friends pointed something very interesting to me.  (Disclaimer:  I am no expert in Jewish culture so forgive me if I am off) She mentioned that in the Jewish calendar, 2014 (actually, it began in the Fall of 2013 I believe with Rosh Hashanah marking the New Year on Sep 3, 2013) is the year 5774, or Ayin Dalet. This intrigued me . My friend pointed out this is the year of "opening doors", of "seeing" and of "movement, into or out of something".  And as I read a little more into this and learned (There is always something new to learn in this world!) I thought this summarizes well my 2013-2014 school year 2013 September:  I began to wonder what to do with my 'free' time while the kids were in school. ...