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A special month

Wow, this November has been the fastest month I've ever experienced. A month ago, i can remember thinking how on earth am i going to entertain all those kids 5 days a week, 3 hours every day? And now a month later, i am missing them all like anything. They just about took over my life at one point. All the bruises, the nights of papier mache (pinata making), the french knitting craze, the origami craze, the peg craze, the overall craft craze swept and revealed a person i didn't know existed before. And i've never been happier.

But moments with God were very much compromised as a result so that must be restored. I had moments when i thought, man where did i go so wrong.. but then there were the 'wow' moments. The moments when you feel a connection with another human being that transcends the mundane, superficial level. It's a month i doubt i'll forget for as long as i live. The highlights were many, the smiles, the mischief, everything that spelt the essence of childhood i tasted again. It was a very special and unique month owing to the arrangement of me having to work at a public school, a private boys school and a private girls school. And now it's December!! How extraordinary. Whoever thought this year dragged on like a snail race must not have had much of a year.

Oh this year has been special. I can hardly believe that half a year ago i worked in hospitality. And that i climbed Kosciuszko & visited Melbourne to begin 2006. And that Bernice, a much loved friend, was with us for a year before leaving at the same time i started my new job. And that i'm now nearly 5 months into that job which despite leaving me with a lifetime's worth of 'moments' already, feels way shorter than that.
So how does 2007 feel at the moment? electric.. with unbreathed possibilities.

posted by "/umin @ 6:07 PM