Here we are : the last day of the whole school year. Students graduated a week ago, and teachers leave mid-day today for the summer. Those of us at Central Office watch them wave, disguising our bit of green envy as they head out on cruises and vacations to mountains, beaches, and swimming pools. I’m holding on tight for the summer ride, just trying to get through mid-June and then two weeks at the end of July.
For over a week, we’ve been working on planning a work retreat that seems ever-evolving and unfinished, and I don’t know how things will go. When I looked back at Spring Break and thought back to those early attempts at watercolor painting sitting at that picnic table, just focusing on one petal at a time., I realized that this is good advice for any day. One petal at a time. I thought of the hope of the passion flower. I’m claiming it today as teachers leave for summer and we are left to carry on with work. And each day is one day closer to retirement.
For today, here’s a flower that represents HOPE.
It’s what we all need.
Passionate Plea
I hear you stand for
hope in everlasting life
but how ’bout today?
Common Threads 
Kim, I have passion vine all over my butterfly garden. The Gulf Fritillary butterflies love it. I’ll send you a pic. I saw it coming up near a dead satsuma tree and have asked Jeff not to mow it down. It’s climbing into the dead branches and giving them life, much like your poem and hope for today. You are in the count down!
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Kim, I have purple passion flower growing ever so happily here offering again and again hope just to get through the day! Your painting is a reminder of that hope.
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