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OK, this is just cool: Catholic Schoolgirls Unravel DNA (thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
annabellissima for the link).
In other news, I spent much of today as a first grade student at Visitation Catholic School, my place of employment.
While first grade is not nearly so exhausting as kindergarten (see entries passim) it is nevertheless still a workout. I am amazed at the energy of these children, as well as their compassion and affection. At what point is that beat out of us?
The teacher is new; in fact this is her first year. She has something of the fresh-out-of-college-cheerleader-sorority aura about her, but gosh does she have those kids toeing the line. Her patience and the obvious love she has for her vocation and her charges is a true inspiration to me.
But enough mushy stuff.
Today (on the western calendar) is All Souls' Day, where we remember those who have died. Last year (as I recall) it sort of blurred by me. This year, as I am praying the hours, it was brought home in a particularly powerful way, as the prayers for this day are taken from the Office for the Dead, and includes the hymn Dies Irae.
I mean, wow.
annabellissima for the link).In other news, I spent much of today as a first grade student at Visitation Catholic School, my place of employment.
While first grade is not nearly so exhausting as kindergarten (see entries passim) it is nevertheless still a workout. I am amazed at the energy of these children, as well as their compassion and affection. At what point is that beat out of us?
The teacher is new; in fact this is her first year. She has something of the fresh-out-of-college-cheerleader-sorority aura about her, but gosh does she have those kids toeing the line. Her patience and the obvious love she has for her vocation and her charges is a true inspiration to me.
But enough mushy stuff.
Today (on the western calendar) is All Souls' Day, where we remember those who have died. Last year (as I recall) it sort of blurred by me. This year, as I am praying the hours, it was brought home in a particularly powerful way, as the prayers for this day are taken from the Office for the Dead, and includes the hymn Dies Irae.
I mean, wow.
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