Thursday, April 14, 2011

Open Abandon

6:59 AM
My favorite time of the day is 3:20pm!

Every day at school, my class is ready to go home by 3:20 (hopefully!). The first bell rings then, signaling my one car rider to leave. Ten minutes later at 3:30, my two "regular" bus riders leave at the bell and make their way to the gym to wait for their buses. And sometime between 3:35 if it's early and 3:50 if it's late (teachers are SUPPOSED to LEAVE at 3:40) my last four walk out the nearby door to their bus.

And then starting at 3:20, my ears are in tune to any announcements being made. When I hear, "Bus 6 has arrived, students riding bus 6 can make their way to the front of the school." My heart races. Because I know that this one is making his way to my room...


Braeden's school gets out 30 minutes before mine. He rides bus 6 with the other students as they're dropped off and bus 6 makes it way to my school to pick up students from this building to take home. When it arrives here he gets off and comes in the front and down the hall to my room. If I'm not busy, I'm usually in the hall: somewhat "patrolling" for kids not staying on the right side, or wearing hats, etc, but mostly waiting. Because when Braeden sees me, he bears down so to speak like a football player ready to rush, locks eyes with me, and RUNS. With a HUGE grin and a yell of "MOM!" He jumps headlong into my arms and hugs. It. Is. Wonderful. And it happens day in and day out, no matter how good or bad his day may have been. No matter how wonderful or horrible our morning time together was. He Yells. He Smiles. He Runs. He Jumps. He HUGS.

And it melts my heart and makes it soar. Every. Single. Time.

Can you just imagine the pure joy that God feels every time WE come to HIM in that same way, with reckless abandon, with joy and love. Amazing.



1 comments:

Unknown said...

I totally love this post!

4/20/2011 9:05 PM
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I am a single mom to four amazing kids; each of whom just happen to have been adopted. The first three were adopted through foster care, and we just completed an international adoption from Haiti. Our family has grown through adoption and I am all the more blessed to know each of my children. I worship a mighty God, teach Special Ed, love bargains, and am inspired by Pinterest... come along with us for the ride!


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