Farewell

It was an honor to teach this year. The seventh graders were so much fun this year. They are great kids...funny too. For the most part, they are respectful, fun-loving, good-natured kids. I wish I could reach their hearts and inspire them to respond to God more, but I'll leave that to the Holy Spirit and continue to plant seeds and hope for the best. Most of them are very positive thinkers and very kind to me and to one another. I couldn't ask for better kids. I look forward to teaching them one more year (whether they like it or not!).

I am really going to miss the 8th graders. They are the nicest, eager-to-please, funny, deep, and inspiring kids I've ever taught. I think they are the first class where the girls actually appreciated my humor! That is saying a lot because I have a strange sense of humor. Most of them seemed to like it when I challenged them to change the way they thought about God and the Church. They were at least very polite about having to listen to me ramble on and on for hours. The boys came a long ways since they were 6th graders. I really appreciated how much they grew up and how hard they worked to be the best they could be.

I pray that all of my students, past and present, choose to give in to the relentless,unending, unconditional love of God and become who they were made to be. I wish this year's 8th graders well. May God bless them and protect them. Sadly, I was unable to attend their graduation ceremony.

I hope my 7th graders come back next year hungry for God and willing to hear what God has to say to them through me, through each other, and through God's Word.

Having said all of that, thank God it is summer!