Oklahoma.

So on the way home I was thinking about my blog post that I wanted to write, and it was really positive and upbeat...about my students and a really amazing day I had at school today...

And then I got home...and I saw all the news about Oklahoma.

Not to take anything away from my own students (I will write that blog post at some point), but all I can think about is those lost today in that tornado...especially the students at Plaza Towers Elementary.

And there are no words.

So I made my daily art, and I dedicate it to those lost today, to the families impacted, homes destroyed.  A quiet drawing today, somber.  I included a calla lily, which for me is definitely a personal symbol of beauty and of death. Sending love to Oklahoma. 

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We can't know why
the lily has so brief a time to bloom
in the warmth of sunlight's kiss upon its face,
Before it folds its fragrance in
and bids the world good-night
to rest its beauty in a gentler place.
But we can know that nothing that is loved is ever lost,
and no one who has ever touched a heart
can really pass away,
because some beauty lingers on
in each memory of which they've been a part.


By:Ellen Brenneman