When I woke up this morning, I thought about how I have never felt so emotionally and physically spent in my life. There is so much love and concern from total strangers that I have a hard time taking it all in. In Canada we exercise our bodies, but do we exercise our emotional and spiritual bodies? I thought back to the time when Geoff was a toddler and he had just finished a very busy day at the cottage....fishing, swimming, playing in the woods, and building campfires. When Ted and I were tucking him in that night, Geoff uttered this sigh that I have never forgotten. I now recognize that sigh as a melding of body and soul and a total living in the moment. Geoff taught me lessons as a very young child and he continues to teach and astound me. Hats off to you Geoff for being someone who totally lives in the now. Sometimes I wonder why I was chosen to be your mother when you teach me so much.
As we were leaving the village, the church bells were sounding out the hour and I thought, ¨For whom doth the bell toll?¨ which reminded me of teaching and of course all those wonderful teachers at Keatsway. Ann, thanks for the angel and I carry her on my knapsack. I also have the Keatsway clip and the class hug paper that my students gave me. How is that Little-Shortt class doing? Jason, I have been like a little kid today picking rocks, trying to find the perfect one to bring back to you.
The sense of community on the Camino is so strong and I thought about the TRIBES program Keatsway is implementing. The sharing of self through the inclusive activities, mutual respect for others, attentive listening....reaching at last to a classroom and school community. That is the CAMINO. How sad that as teachers we have become so concerned with curriculum that we have forgotten how important it is to help kids develop the social skills they need to find happiness in life. Personally I think the demise all started with Mike Harris! lol
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