Homecoming Week

Posted on by fdriscoll7

I get so excited when we can dress up at school, especially this year. It’s been hard for me to be home when I’d rather be out and about, to wear a mask, and to be unable to hug my friends! I am a unabashed hugger. But I get to return to the 80s tomorrow, and be part of the Wizard of Oz on Wednesday, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m sad the weather is getting cooler (80 degrees is perfect for me), and I could take or leave pumpkin spice anything. But that means Thanksgiving is coming, and then Christmas! It is time to celebrate, and even with our challenges, we have so much to be thankful for. I teach history, and every semester I look at cases in which American women were less free than I am. I see other countries where women can’t read or write, much less teach. I scribble my stories and realize that all those terrible things I’m doing to my main character are going to turn out all right in the end. One of my favorite verses is Romans 8:28. We know that ALL THINGS work together for those who love the Lord, to those who are called according to His purpose. I’m not minimizing the sadness, but I’ve lived long enough to know that God is faithful. He will turn even these tumultuous times into something good for us.

I’m so ready for the sadness to be behind us. I don’t deserve to live in this rich, free, beautiful place, but I’m so glad I do. My biggest problem today is whether I walk down to the beach and check on the hermit crabs (several of them had broken shells after the last hurricane) or if I go shopping for a “big hair” wig for tomorrow. I paid big money for those curls in the 80s, and I laugh when my students have perfect, gorgeous spiral curls and they straighten their hair each morning. Teens always want what somebody else has. The more things change, the more they stay the same. I hope you have a wonderful week. If you have some free time to read, check out one of my books (frandriscoll.com). They’ll be 99 cents on Kindle from October 3-10th. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May His face shine upon you, be gracious to you, and give you peace.

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Published by fdriscoll7

I am a mom, a teacher, a student and a lover of the written word, especially God's Word--which is why my first two books were devotionals. Wisdom is in short supply in so much of our world, so I go right to the top. If you like my posts, check out my books on Amazon.com (Fran Driscoll/Roberts). If there's such a thing as a clean murder mystery with a little romance, that's what you'll get. "A Place Called Grace" starts with an abused 4 year old escaping with her grandma to Mississippi. But "step-dad" Cullen Beal has been making money from Sheanna's innocent beauty, so he's on their trail. "A Place Without Mercy" ends Cullen's reign of terror, but at a terrible cost. The third, stand-alone book in the series is “A Broken Place,” which begins with a chance meeting in Puerto Rico and ends in a stand-off in New Orleans. Of course, I have a couple of new stories in the works, so there's more of Leah and Sheanna coming. If you see anything really unique that you think would make a great story, let me know. I love to collect stories as much as read and write them.