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Ready and Willing

I left my classroom in June with everything packed up so a new floor could be laid down.  I returned in August to find no change; the broken tiles still there in their ugliness.  A school board inspector walking around even took a picture of it when I asked her, replying, "I'm sure you'll get a new floor NEXT summer!"  That was not the answer I was looking for. Even though there was only two weeks left,  I felt like it could happen, though likely impossible.  I flippantly said to a friend the Sunday before, "Only God could get me a new floor now." When I got an email that started with, "Bad news....they just ripped up your classroom floor last night,"  I had to smile and reflect on this good gift being given to me, even at such a late date.  God was getting me my new floor so I had better be patient and not start complaining. I filled the week with organizing things at home.  I did some curriculum planning for the new grade fours I was adding