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went to see Drowsy Chaperone 3 times in less than a week!! (yeah...it is THAT good) Never having seen the show...only clips of the Broadway one with Sutton Foster...I couldn't believe how genius the show is! As I went for the 3rd time, I paid attention to people in the audience and their reactions. Everyone had this sloppy grin on their face. Ha! Now THAT'S entertainment! Thanks Hale Theater for this production! (OH! and it helped that Ames had the romantic lead!! yeah!) Thanks for being the light in my week!!

Bit of Sunshine!

So...there is this adorable little miss in the 4th grade. Everytime she sees me at school, she stops to wave at me and smile her amazing smile. She is such a little sunshine and I just want to put it in my pocket! Thanks, Mere for being the light in many of my days!

1st Graders!

O my goodness! I love 1st graders so, so much! Today they were most certainly the light in a very dark day! And for very good reasons.... 2 reasons to be exact. Reason one: A very sweet 1st grade girl told me that I was the "best teacher of all." What? really? Hmmmm. That's ok. I will definitely take the compliment, as I really needed that today! So, thank you Alia. You were most certainly the light in my day today! And the 2nd reason.....is quite funny. 1st grade again. We were talking about the difference between fiction and non-fiction. I read a book to them that explains the difference. Then I asked "What is fiction?" One little boy responded, "it's when you have to fix something that someone else breaks." Love. It. Tons of light just in that one class!!! Thank you 1st graders for being the light in my world!

Been awhile!

ok....so this summer has been long and hard but then my only granddaughter, Nona, came to stay with me for two weeks just before school started. Being that I am, for the most part, alone all the time and spending a ton of time driving to Provo and Spanish Fork,....this was so awesome! We are so much alike in the things that we like. She loves to watch movies- I love to watch movies! She loves Sonny With a Chance- I love Sonny With a Chance! She loves to shop for clothes- I love to shop for clothes. You get the picture!! We were driving to Provo to hang out with Alyssa and we got talking about books (another love that we share). She was telling me that she really doesn't need pictures in her books anymore. She loves chapter books. Then she said, "I just think people need to use their imaginators to help them not to have pictures." Boy, I was laughing inside! How true is that?! People...use your IMAGINATORS!!!! Thanks Nona for being the light in my summer!
(oh yeah....and, Nona..."check it out"! ha!)

My mamasita!

I have been spending quite some time down at my moms and listening to her remember her times with my dad. She has been very nostalgic about it all..talking of little things that she always took for granted. For instance, how he always set the table for her, how he let her walk ahead of him when they went walking because she walks really fast, how she would make things and he would clean up, how he would sing to her....and she now feels bad cause she always told him to stop cause it was embarrassing and now she wishes he were there to sing to her. . It really has made me think of how short this life is that we have. It is built of precious little moments in time. This past week it has been driven home that I shouldn't let anything stand in the way of what really matters. My sweetie and my family. Sometimes...well, actually, most of the time...I feel like I am drowning. But times like today I see a little glimmer of light. So...even at age 83, my mom is still teaching me life lessons! Thanks mom...you have always been the light in my day!

The light of my horrible,very bad day

Ok.....so I was sick all day Monday....even resorted to sleeping on the bathroom floor cause it was closer to the commode. Yeah...it was THAT bad! By 5 pm I knew I had a rehearsal that night. An important one because it was cleanup time. I thought...how can I make it there? Also, the director had her baby early....yeah like 3 months early! And there are major complications. SO, I knew full well that the assistant director was counting on me. I called and told her what I was feeling like but that I was planning on coming. My legs felt wobbly like melted jelly and my head was buzzing. I was shaking all over, but I was determined! I went to rehearsal and told the kids not to come near me! Ha! We were going over our "boys" number, in the which I wanted to put girls twirling across at certain times. I had one little girl doing it and she said "like this?" as she twirled across the floor so perfectly. I thought, "man! This little girl lights up my life!"
so...Elsie, thanks for letting your light shine and being that small flame! You totally rock my world and made me feel a whole lot better!
And that's the light in my world....

Best Thing

At rehearsal we were doing the Beatles song "Ob Li Di Ob La Da" and after going over it many times.... the kids were singing the chorus! ...life goes on bra, la la how the life goes on! How cool is that! Best ever!

Rehearsal

Besides being a librarian, mother of 7,and homemaker...I am also a choreographer. I have been doing choreography for over 35 years! (Golly gee! Has it been THAT long!?) I do choreography for Salt Lake County/ Midvale City youth theater and also I do various plays for Midvale city. At rehearsal for the youth theater group.....we have several siblings in our show. We were going through one of the dances and in a frenzied moment a brother and sister collided into each other. They hit each other pretty hard!I mean it was really his sister that was going one way then abruptly turned the other direction plowing right into him. Normally, you would see a sibling get pretty heated over something like that....crying fowl all the while! But not this young man! Oh no....he just laughed and shrugged it off and told his OLDER sister "that's ok.", giving her a lopsided grin. Way to go, Kyle! Way to be that little flame!
And that's the light in my world today....

Kris Allen- Let It Be American Idol Performance (Video) OK....not even a small flame! A gynormous one! "there's a light that shines on me..."

A small flame in Wal-mart?

I was shopping at Wal-mart...getting cat food and baggies....(well, you probably don't need to know that!) And after having a very tough week, I get to the counter to check out and the guy running the cash register stops and looks and me and says "Wow your hair looks so great!" He was so sincere that it really set me back. I smiled and said thank you and on the way out to my car I was goin....."yeah! my hair DOES look great today!" ha! I have heard that a woman can live a year on one compliment.....if that is the case, I should be good till next May! So, Gary at Wal-mart thanks for the compliment...you will never know how it affected my week! And that's the light in my world today!!

2 little boys

On my way to work this morning, I saw two boys walking to school. It was on a busy street and I thought..."wow! I don't know that I would let my boys walk to school on this street!" I was stopped at a light when I noticed one boy pulled out a shopping bag from his pocket and started picking up garbage on his way! I couldn't believe it. WOW...I mean, WOW. His friend was helping and then a horn honked behind me because the light had turned green and there I was sitting watching those two. They were being quick about their "job" and it certainly looked to me like they were even joyful about it!
I am reading this series called Lowthar's Blade and to quote from the book...."ah, but cannot a small flame still burn down a house? And so you will be a flame of hope in this darkness."
Way to go boys! Be that small flame!
And that's the light in my world today.....

Why I started my 4th blog!!

So....I read this post on Facebook by Lizzy Bean (my daughter-in-law's sister). She was talking about how positive and uplifting actions are not the norm anymore. Well....I have always believed that one person can make a difference in this dark world....bringing a wee bit of light with them. So, I thought...what can I do about this? Maybe a "blog" isn't the answer. What I CAN say, is that these last few days, have been so inspiring, that I wanted to share my thoughts and feelings and more than that my "observations."
I will start out by saying that I determined to "watch" people doing good things for others! I was not dissapointed.
Tuesday I went to my mom's to hang out. We went to lunch and then came back and watched "Take the Lead" with Antonio Banderas. In this movie (in case you haven't seen it) He plays a Ballroom Dance instructor who takes on a detention class in a lower income bracket school. In one scene, he is waiting in the office to meet and talk to the principle. He is sitting by this punk student. Antonio keeps getting up and opening the door for any female that goes in or out. The student asks why he does that and scoffs at it. Antonio tells him it is out of respect. The principle calls Antonio into her office and you see the student has taken over the job of opening the door for females coming in and out! ha!
So with this scene in mind.....the very next day at school.....I am checking students books in and students are choosing books (OH! did I tell you I am a librarian at an elementary school?) This student...who, by the way, forgot to bring his books back.....was standing by the door. A few teachers randomly came through the library and he would open the door for them. Yeah.....I noticed! I just sat there and watched and looked at him. He looked at me and said "what?" Then I asked him why he opened the door for those teachers? He grinned and shrugged his shoulders and said....wait for it......"My mom and I just watched this movie last night. I smiled and asked "which one? " ok....you know what one he said, don't you??? "Then he said his mom told him he looked like Antonio!" LOVE. IT. Now, talk about lighting the world!
PS... Oh and to the man who opened the door for me at FYE....Thank you!