If I had Five Wishes.....

And I had to tell them to you today ( I'l pretend this is a meme)

1) Help to Myanmar

These agencies to donate were suggested on PBS:
International Relief Agencies
United Nations' Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
Oxfam International
Save the Children
InterAction Disaster Response
U.N. World Food Program

This evening on PBS news I watched a group of lovely children, now orphans sitting in the shock of their life now. It was so hard all I could do was sit and feel ridiculous in my things.

Don't know how we (I) can complain about anything after looking at them...for the first time today I gently talked to children in my 1st grade about this disaster and how I think there are things we can do. None had heard about it but I have a very "young" class. I also thankfully have a Reading Rainbow that reads a book called "Come A Tide," it is about storms (perfect for the weather unit) but it is about floods and natural disasters. It teaches how meteorology works to help us, how we can respond and prepare, it's excellent. In one scene victims of Hurricane Hugo are facing their homes devastated. I started to cry as several folks captured years ago spoke in the middle of facing awful days. It was so there for us to understand the disorientation and pain, the need to move forward. Echoed our New Orleans, echoed in so many events. But here we do not face a regime of madness such as these people must deal with every day in Myanmar. I'm going to find an idea this weekend so that my class can do a little something. And make a donation to a relief agency.

2) National Day of the Teacher...celebrating over a week or so....

Somehow I did not get it together on time and no one did anything here to notice. For my teacher readers I'll put out a post soon. You deserve many thanks. If your child is in school with teachers that you find human beings that are trying their best, may I suggest a book store gift card, a nice word, a gift of writing them a card of thanks , a hummingbird feeder, some strawberries, an electric pencil sharpener or, perhaps, just a nice basket of some favorite treat.Write out 15 or your favorite recipes, that's a great gift.
It's not too late and it's worth the time. So little recognition comes their way. our way. Someone remembered me on-line this week, I felt glad for that.

3) A day of love for mother's days...I wish...

reconciliation, calm, peace, understanding between all of us. Admitting to our own failures and to our weaknesses, seeing in motherhood the gift of nurturing, life. If I could heal the wounds of those that have pain contained in their holding this day, or allow those who have lost mothers to find them somehow for a few moments, I would wish for a place where we can feel the acceptance of a mother's love. Know our mother's true self. Hold onto the gift life is.
If I had a wish it would be for the time to sit with all I know to find a place where we could hear the stories of mothering and motherhood, and as a people understand woman better...

4)Peace

You have no idea how this state of being, how I wish we could find this .....with no loss.

5) If I had 5 wishes I used to, as a younger person wish for all things material for everyone, now I would like the health I need to be a mother, peacemaker, listener, writer, artist, person trying to find a way. It's becoming very hard for me, personally to find a way to teach as I know it should be, have energy, be able to look at myself. I wish for strength.
For us all, I think we need this.