Special Sight Today

So I was teaching today in Hayward and I was out at recess. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a group of students standing in the corner against the wall. They were obviously trying to keep to themselves, but I was curious to why they were just standing there at recess. To my Amazement all 8 of the students were hearing impaired. They all had cochlear implants and were being secluded by most of the other students. As I walked over to the group, the entourage that followed me grew and grew. By the time I had reached them my smile was enormously big. It's not every day that you see a (HI) class in a public school. Our conversation was short, but I was able to see how my niece will be able to adept to school in the coming years. I was in such awe. Their dialect was awesome. Kudos to Hayward Unified School District for doing at least one thing right. Starting an SDC (HI) class for students that want to be seen as normal kids in a normal setting.

Pulling chards away from peoples thoughts

Have you ever felt the feeling that things are being presented to you by others in various forms so that you will be reminded about great things in your life? I was recently watching a video blog from my close friend Travis and instead of getting the true message of being a strong leader in the family as a father, I was drawn towards a different message. I see myself trying to lead myself along my rocky road which is called my life. I see myself asking HIM to show me my willing to fight. I see myself asking HIM to make myself a stronger person to get through this YANK and continue to follow HIM. On Travis' prior blog he was describing former students of his that have made their way from high school throughout College and have now found relationships molding into marriage. This blog reached out to me also. I read the four points that he made and I felt that he was telling me something, however it was a completely opposite point. The four points described the makings of a strong ADULT, with a great head on his shoulder.

1. Dedication to the core truth of the gospel.

2. Dedication to being in relationship with other men.

3. Dedication to finding a Godly woman or at least the pursuit of a Godly woman.

4. Dedication to making decisions and standing by those decisions.

Godly men make decisions even when it is difficult. Godly men own the decisions that they make. Godly men do not let their wives face turmoil by themselves when it comes their way. I was called this week to see if I could take Bailey (my former dog) off of my former wife's hands because she says that she was giving her up for adoption. What should I do..... Tough decision.

My Halloween Costume 2010

My niece is growing up way too quickly

I'm getting old

Flying back from New Mexico a few weeks ago, I flew over the Grand Canyon en route to CA. As I gazed at the marvelous work of the river, it reminded me of pictures that I haven't pulled out for a while. Man that was a long time ago. Rocking the rubber diapers I'm pretty sure. Our family had many trips throughout the years, all of them interesting in their own right. At the time I had mixed feelings. L.A. Jr. loved to take us to random tourist spots. I think it was his own vacation at times, but we hit up some really cool places also.

ISome spots I don't really want to remember because of the difficult memories and some I want to because it helped me mold me into the man I am today. As much as we traveled all over the place, I was able to explore America. It helps me as an aging teacher, to describe to my students firsthand some details of various places throughout the country. Looking at the pictures it also reminded me my closest buddy and also how cute I used to be. Whatever happened to the cuteness. I miss that :)

Can We make it Four in a Row?

We've moved up leagues every time that our team is in question. Taking the challenge as they come. Watching the teams come into our league during the first week they show their brute strength by crushing home run balls every at bat. Our team is made up of a bunch of stragglers. Some make it every week, some don't. We have two players that are of baseball etiquette. The others are just athletic at various degrees. But we show up and make it a game. This year in our league, we have a team that is made up of 80% purebred baseball players. They show up and crush every week. But I guess we should have known that we would come across a fierce challenge at some point. Tonight is our challenge. I really want this championship. I want to show everyone that our team is legit and can still win, even when we continue to get bumped up divisions every year. But most of all, I want that tshirt that the champions get to add it to the collection.

Devotion

Blessing and honor, glory and power, unto the Lord we praise