Dear Shirley:

You definitely do have a lot on your mind and no wonder, with all these exams, time limit on each exam and strict demands, like 3 pros and 3 cons, no less in so much time… this is a lot of pressure. And tomorrow algebra 2 Honors, the day after tomorrow SAT, for crying out loud, this is a lot! There should be a law against so many exams in a week!

But you are doing the best you can under pressure and you are doing it well, not perfect (nobody is, nothing is)- but good enough! Glad you like the trees analogy: it is very windy here today, West WA state and trees all around my home, swaying heavily this way and that way, and no tree fell down yet, and across so many miles- you too are rooted in the ground, branches moved by the wind (the pressures, demands, time limits), but rooted in the ground.

Keep reaching for friends for comfort…they need it too!

Please update again, never perfect… but good enough!

anita