Tilting at Windmills: Happy News!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Happy News!

We finished the Christmas card sale a day early- because we sold all the cards!

5 comments:

thinker said...: awesome news!!! and congratulations on doing great work with the kids!!; December 20, 2007 at 12:35 AM
Lee said...: Congrats!! And congrats!! And congrats!! To you and you and you and you and you......okay, imagine my pointing to you and all of your wonderful students!!! :); December 20, 2007 at 1:59 AM
Diane Noble said...: Congratulations! WOW, that's wonderful. The children did a REALLY nice job on these cards. Just a really cool thing to do!!

I was a principle before retiring. I would have really gotten into this. Probably would have been in there with the kiddos! (High marks during evaluation time too! ;); December 21, 2007 at 2:39 AM
Etha said...: wohooo that's terrific!! and you can tellyour kids that they all did a rather wonderful job with their cards. I love the colors that they chose and the layouts, just too cool! really not surprising they sold out early!; December 21, 2007 at 8:12 PM
Christina Carnoy said...: Yay! Have a very merry Christmas!; December 24, 2007 at 7:38 PM

Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

When I started this blog in October 2007, there was a story here about my connection to "Tilting With Windmills". Much of what was in that post no longer applies. Much other of it still does. So, here's the story.

When I was graduating from high school, more than 40 years ago, a group of my friend presented me with a print of Picasso's Don Quixote. They said it reminded me of them.

I get upset when things are wrong, even though getting upset cannot fix them. I dislike people who are cruel or petty or self-serving, and am frustrated that I cannot change them. I fight a daily battle with my health, although I know that every new day is another battle. I have a husband and close friends who support me, even when what I want or believe seems crazy.

So, the comparison with Don Quixote is perhaps an apt one. The story encourages me to take on the battles I see, even the hopeless ones. It reminds me to try to see the best in people. It comforts me that, in the end, even if my actions are futile, they are not meaningless.

I mean to try to continue "to dream the impossible dream".