June Update

The ending of the school year was bittersweet for me. It was exciting and fun to start summer, and a relief to sleep later. However, I missed my students, whom I had grown so used to seeing every day. We had become our own community, a little family, really, and at first it was kind of hard to not see them anymore. Next year when I see them they will be big fifth graders! However, as I eased into the summer, I found my joy increasing and my sadness decreasing. It was a good year with a nice class but the year is done. And there is much to look forward to this summer!

I have been wrapping things up in my classroom, cleaning and doing final preparations. The floor is going to be cleaned and I needed to get the room ready for that, among other tasks. I did some organizing and final paperwork. Then I went with Sr. Frances to Enfield, where she went to an appointment and I enjoyed the company of our sisters there. It's always nice to reconnect to the larger community.

I just returned from my interviews to renew my vows. I flew out to Pittsburgh to stay with our leadership sisters in Beaver Falls, Pa. The interviews went well, and it is nice to spend time with the sisters there. It's a peaceful, quiet place most of the time. I got a chance to visit some sisters that I met when I was in my earlier formation years. These sisters are currently in the common postulancy, working with our postulants, and I had dinner with them. We also watched a movie, The Kite Runner, which I had never seen before and found really moving.