It's "post-TCAP" time in my world, and I'm reading The Outsiders with my students again. This time around, I find myself smiling and thanking my God for allowing me to witness "gold" daily. May I never forget how precious and fleeting these times are...
"Natures first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold,
Her early leaf's a flower,
But only so an hour,
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day,
nothing gold can stay."
Stay gold, sweet Sam...
