A Post in Thanks

Since moving to the Woolman campus in August, I often wake up feeling excited and grateful to head to breakfast with such phenomenal people. But after spending a frightening and exhausting past few days in a hospital room with Jacob, the environmental science teacher, I feel an even more intense, deep gratitude for everyone here in the Woolman community. Perhaps the blog forum is a public space to express these feelings, but I simply wanted a venue through which to communicate a message to the whole Woolman community: thank you.

Since Jacob and I have been in the hospital, our two phones have literally not stopped ringing with calls and messages. In the five minutes before Jacob's surgery we received text messages from several different Woolman friends sending light and love.  This morning we awoke to messages beaming good energy and speedy recovery, and this afternoon we even listened to a voice message in which the other teachers and Dorothy giggled, sang, and sent well wishes for health and happiness during their staff meeting. Other interns have covered all of my meals, chores, and work without hesitation, and teachers, staff, and students are all rallying to make the curriculum run smoothly while missing one third of the teaching team.

To you all, I just want to say thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, from the tips of my toes. I cannot tell you what a world of difference it has made to both of us to feel so much of the Woolman spirit, energy, and love right here in our hospital room in Houston. Your voices, laughter, texts, and calls have filled us up with healing light and joy, and I cannot express how deeply I appreciate the light that you have given to us. Thank you.