Above all else

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.-Proverbs 4:23
I saw this passage on my friends' facebook status and I really liked it.  We must guard our hearts so that it stays pure and true so that we may trust in it.  However, if we always have a guarded heart we will never learn to love and grow.  Opening the heart to another is a beautiful thing and trusting in it will allow us to grow. I truly believe in life we must follow our hearts because every decision we make throughout our lives has consequences. But if we trust and have faith in our hearts and God they will lead us down the right path.  

Social Justice

As an education major I feel teaching elementary students about social justice is extremely beneficial.   With all the events happening across the world these are the times to teach the future of our country how something occurring halfway around the world affects us.  How do we teach students to care about people across the country?  Well I believe the first step to this is teaching them how to be active in their own community and care about helping the homeless, the hungry, and the poor.  If students can realize they can make a difference in their community they may start to think of how they can make a difference in another country that has been struck by tragedy.  Encouraging students to care about others is a great way educators can help shape young students into the adults they will one day become.

Viewing Blogs

After viewing the random blogs I decided that I wanted to make mine more decorative.  I also wanted to add more pictures with a pretty title.  I will be able to figure this out by playing around with different things on the blog creator. 

"Umbrella"

Borrowed Word Poem

 "Unspoken Love"

It all happened; one small moment in time

I felt that my heart was smothered in twine

All the years had been chipped through in one phone call

There were no fights, at last, no screams; no brawls

Something had come and collected my deepest love

With glistening eyes, fists ready to shove

Healing took over; the keys to my heart

The bits and the pieces, every last part

It came just in time, not a moment too soon

The withered love in my life, began to bloom

What once was fragile, distant, and broken

Is now mended through words of love unspoken

Where I'm From

"Home is Where the Heart is"

Home is where the heart is

At home there is laughter and love

At home there is family and hugs

Home is where the heart is

Sounds of the little ones playing

Smells of spaghetti cooking

Home is where the heart is

 All my family gathered round

Someone always there to pick you off the ground

Home is where my heart is