If we don’t invest in high quality preK-12 education and out of school time programming for all students, then we lose the capacity to collectively strengthen our democracy, to grow our tax base, to improve our health and quality of life, and to grow and strengthen our national and global partnerships. As educators we have a distinct responsibility and the special privilege of helping build our collective future. © The Cedar Journal, 2022, all rights reserved.It reoccurred to me the other day that the more time American people spend in activities that are polarizing, the less time there is to spend on activities that build our collective future. Please provide what support you can to those who suffer from the war in Ukraine and other wars that have tormented our planet. We all must listen and help where we can in ways small and large. The scars ripple through time in hope of finding a peaceful solution for humanity and our planet. No war produces winners, it is only death and misery. I cry tears for those who have had to experience war. I fear not the evil that has attacked the Ukraine. The universe has placed me right where I need to be. I have already provided comfort to people who fear the unknown of what is to maybe or maybe not to come. military officer assigned to NATO twice, these old routines are not a burden. Will that be a reality today?Īs a retired military officer who has lived through three combat zones, served as a U.S. We want to live as humans on this planet free from war and the threat of war. We all want Putin to stop this assault on the people and sovereign nation of Ukraine. This situation in Ukraine challenges us all. My belief in a God is not the same as it once was but as in any relationship it has matured over time. To start my day, know the situational ground truth, start my day in a peaceful reflection and ask the universe for help in dealing with what the day brings. Although I am retired (now 12 years!) I feel the old pull to routines. A military officer must always be the first awake, prepared, set for the coming tasks of the day. No answer…except from my years of experience. This morning as I pulled myself out of bed as the Hubby was in a peaceful sleep I wondered again “Why?” I never received an answer so I guessed there was no one listening. I know I said a lot of prayers during those hours of painful exercise and asked God “Why am I doing this?”. These long grueling early morning routines were preparing all of us for possible war if it ever came to a reality. Then I would race off to the physical fitness field to start my day along with my troops. While most people were still restfully sleeping, I would bundle up my small sleeping child and head off to the day care at the military base dropping him off with caregivers who understood that the military didn’t run on “normal” time clocks. I’m my prior military profession early morning was also prep time for the coming day filled with meetings, plans, training, routines. A time to let God know our deepest prayers. The quiet hours before all the earth wakes and the noise of the day begins. In the Middle Ages I have read, this time was when the nuns and monks would be conducting prayers prior to their morning routines. Four o’clock in the morning I am wide awake recently.
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