autumn

though i did not want autumn to come so soon, i am glad it did. while driving in today's beautiful weather, i basked in the beauty of God's foliage. everything so bright and colorful, in the three colors and shades it comes in... and to know that these colors are the colors of dying. how does God make something that is dying so beautiful.

on a side note:
my second graders are writing small moments during writing workshop. i'm working with one student and after skimming what he wrote, i asked him to read it for me because i could not decipher his words. i noticed that there was a consistency with one word -- "standtonliperlem".
what in the world could this be??
he began reading...
i went to the standtonliperlem. translation. i went to the statue of liberty.

ridiculous

adj. arousing or deserving ridicule: absurd, preposterous. so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter
syn. laughable
connotations. could be silly, angry, fun, humorous, apathetic, etc.

i mean it in every way.