Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

As we close in on a year of pandemic living (March 13) I’m reflecting a lot on the year. A lot has happened and a lot will happen yet. But there on the horizon is hope and hopefully, in the after we take the lessons hard learned during this time with us.    Hiking has been a great source of comfort to me which is surprising to this theme park loving girl, it brings a calm to my soul and I like knowing there is beauty waiting to be found.  Here are a few pics of my last hike. It was a first for me, a moonlight hike w/ pta mommas to see the February full moon called the Snow Moon.  We not only witnessed a beautiful sunset but the beautiful pink moon rising into Los Angeles from the East.  The views at night reminded me of scenes from movies.

The thing about inspiration is once it gets going it’s absolutely an amazing thing! Over a month ago, parents sat down and tried to figure out what the heck we would do to replace a most beloved in-person MLK event in pandemic times.   What grew out of that meeting was something extremely special and proves a point, that kindness even in it’s littlest form matters.  Last night 12 children out of 123 that participated, volunteered to speak about their month long acts of service within their home/neighborhoods (1 child spoke from Brazil where her family got stuck in the pandemic) via a Zoom celebration.  These kids were amazeballs! Our teachers were amazeballs! Our administration were amazeballs!  I about cried when the principle said “my soul feels full” and when another teacher declared “Kindness is our Jam!” ...just so moved to have witnessed a teeny tiny idea blossom into such inspiration.  This project was OPTIONAL, the kids didn’t have to do it on top of all...