Grow Grass Grow

We have been working hard in our backyard to prepare the ground for planting grass seed. Chris has been work really hard all week and has a pretty sore hand because of it. He got a new tool to help loosen up the ground since it was so hard and compacted. I've been helping him break up the dirt clumps, lifting up the dirt with the shovel and raking in the mulch and then this morning I raked in the grass seed with the mulch. This is round two for planting grass seed, we tried a few weeks ago, but nothing really came up. We realized we needed to give it a little more T.L.C. because there hasn't been grass in the backyard for over 2 years. The ground got to compacted and hard, plus needed some good mulch added into the soil. We are crossing our fingers!

I am looking forward to the completion of our backyard, even though it's going to take a few weeks for the grass to come up. But, I have gotten some more seeds to plant in my garden area, cosmos, zinnias, corn, and sunflowers. It's fun gardening and doing improvements around the house. I will keep up posted on our grass! Say your prayers and cross your fingers for it to come up!

I was told a story once, about a boy who was on a beach throwing starfish back into the sea. A old man came up the boy and asked him what he was doing. The boy said to the man, 'I’m trying to save them.' Then the old man said to the boy, 'They’ve been here awhile, I don’t think they’ll make it. 'The boy replied, ‘As long as I save one of them, I will be happy.’

I put a lot into my job, a lot that produces an ample amount of joy and tiredness. But I wouldn’t change a thing. I see how what I do has changed some and how the respect has been built within my students, some it has taken them longer than others. I feel that I have saved a starfish this year, actually a few. And that makes me happy. That is why I keep wanting to come back, even after the bad days, hard days, and certainly the good days.