A Day of Rest


Even though Friday is my longest day, even though it takes me an hour to get there and an hour to get back, even though there is a crazy amount of kids which results in a crazy amount of noise, to me Friday is a day of rest.
Friday is the day I work up in Cazuca instead of at the school.  Friday is the day that I don’t have to worry about disciplining kids to get them ready for a “normal” school, Friday is the day where I don’t have to constantly tell children to sit still, not to fight, to get into a line, where I don’t have to talk to them about respecting others including teachers or not to lie, Friday is a day where I don’t have to hold my breath and have to remind myself to have patience.
Don’t get me wrong I love what I do the other days and the “discipline” with the children is necessary.
But Friday is the day where I get to color with kids, Friday is the day that I get to play legos with kids.  I have played countless games of snakes and ladders, countless games of dominos and have I done countless puzzles, a lot of them over and over and over again.  I get to play chess, I get to play blocks, I get to build towers to have kids knock them over.  I get to be a kid with kids who love when you love them, who love hugs and who thrive on that positive adult attention that is pretty much non-existent in their lives.
Even though I end my Fridays exhausted, to me, Fridays is a day of rest


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Unknown said…
So good to hear about your work Ingie. Totally get the idea of Friday being a nice break from the norm. Blessing to you. -Melinda
August 10, 2012 at 5:58 PM
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