Thing #5

After a family dinner at Campisi's celebrating the birthdays of 2 precious nephews, I couldn't wait to return to my lesson on 'feeds'...this is so addicting! One more thing to compete with motherhood, wifehood, teacherhood, etc....gotta' watch it! It's a good thing life takes me away from the computer on a very regular basis...it's easy to see how people lose sight of what's REALLY important! I think Google Reader is the neatest thing ever...I really love NPR and the podcasts I put right on my iPod for good listening time on the treadmill. They are really great! Can't wait to explore GoodleReader even more! I skimmed through many posts to find one I'd like to comment on. The one I stopped on caught my attention. It was about a 'day of silence' so it spoke to me by title alone...how I'd love a day of silence....it was actually for a cause somewhat "out of my comfort zone"...that of gay rights, but the message was one I truly relate to. The power of the spoken word. I just had this conversation with a student recently...how words have amazing power to lift, or to shatter, or to heal, or to destroy, or to empower, or to desecrate...how we should use our words carefully. My students have begun to bring in uplifting, inspirational quotes to add to the ones already hanging from my ceiling. They are thinking themselves about the power of the spoken word. That's lovely to me.