Carta Eulogía

Dedicada al Reverendo Jones - Pastor, hermano en Cristo, amado abuelo.

El camino es árido.
El aire sucio y metálico pesa en mis pulmones
Como pesaba en el suyo,
Hermano.
Pesa la noticia, tardía, interrumpida
Es el trabajo, hermano.
La obra suya parecía liviana, oportuna
Y la mía,
Me enfrenta, recordándome a usted,

Como meta
A los brazos tatuados de experiencia
Los ojos cansados de faena

El saber
Que la sonrisa esforzada es verdadera.
Hermano, sea mi trabajo de hoy en vano.
Para extrañarlo.
Y el de mañana sea árido,
Como el suyo, pesado, pero adecuado.
Sea mi desierto a mi pensamiento liviano.

Mi corazón, como el suyo,
Ufano,
No deje espacio para el pasado.
Mi servicio sea nuevo, a diario.

Y sépase usted amado,
Mi reverendo, mi hermano.

-AIBC

Q came to visit

And it was wonderful.
Had a great time... eating out... doing some serious wedding planning...
We got some errands done, visited some tux-rental shops, made sure the Camino Real people are still on their toes about our wedding.. hehe... it was gooood...
Cant wait to see him again :)

My ESL classroom is ready!

So after a whole month of construction and renovations, my classroom is ready :D
Im very happy. My days of classroomlessness are over. Today the whiteboard went up and I was able to project power point presentations onto it and even write over the projection... it was so much fun! The kids loved it. I also built a paper tree in one of the corners, with bright red, yellow and orange leaves -- perfect for the fall.
So... just wanted to post a couple pics of my kids... and the classroom..