I always looked forward to school...I remember getting all new school supplies but my favorite part was getting new basketball shoes! This past week was the first week back at school and my first week back coaching basketball (no new shoes for me though). It was a busy week but a good one. I like seeing all the kids in the same place again, however I am a little overwhelmed trying to learn the new 6th graders names. My basketball team is looking pretty good this year, we will find out soon enough our first game is this week Thursday!
I'll leave you with one of my lunchroom conversations....Thursday I went to Cityside, someone let their 6th graders out early and so there were only a few in the lunchroom, but one girl sitting alone, so I decided to go over and sit with her. We had the normal chit chat conversation...how's school, do you like your teachers, can you get your locker open alright...this is when I realized that I didn't get her name. So we exchanged names, and she no more than told me her name, and the next words out of her mouth were "Yeah, I've had a hard life. My mom died when I was five and my dad and my Grandma have been fighting over me ever since." It was like she just had to get it out. I sat with her the rest of her lunch and said a prayer for her as she walked away.....
If you think of it say a prayer for this girl, me and the rest of the YFC staff as we go to the lunchrooms this school year!
