I'll Be Your Shelter

I need to book blog again, but I want to offer a quick moment of gratitude for  the goodness of people.  For the last week, I've been preoccupied, thinking about a close friend who discovered just over a week ago that he has brain cancer.  Noah Amland taught with my husband and me. He was the best man at our wedding. He took care of my oldest child while our youngest was on her way. He's our emergency contact for our kids because we don't have family nearby. We have laughed with him, celebrated with him, and enjoyed his company for so many years. The news of his illness is devastating, and the inability to do much to help him makes me enormously sad.

But knowing the positive spirit of my friend Noah makes me grateful for the people I've met in my life, and the quick response to a little fundraising effort on his behalf fills me with hope.  When I tweeted the site for contributions, several students and teachers immediately retweeted it because people DO care about each other and they DO want to reach out to others.  While we may feel divided right now, humanity is so good, so giving.  With that in mind, I will share the link once more, knowing that people can't give to everything and that there are many causes and that we all have to choose our causes carefully. But I appreciate people caring and sharing.

Thanks, students and teachers of Hebron, for giving me a place of hope to come to everyday.