puppy...I love Eeyore too...he is my favorite and one the little poopsie loves too...

HM
I wasn't even implying for you not to express the anger and frustration and hurt you feel

I was merely suggesting that instead of focusing on that to try to add a different spin

and puppy
there are so many blessings to the job the HM has
I too worked in a school where there were guns and fights and pregnant 14 year olds and threats and drugs and a seemingly never ending pit of despair

i loved that job
because in ways small and large I KNEW I made a difference
I mattered

The school I work in now has kids from intact families
they eat supper together
and
I love it for many different reasons

but

that inner city
alternative school
with violence and pain and rawness
it had sharp beauty
it had daily triumphs
the blessings for me where easier to find I guess

I could see all I had...
all I could offer...

in great ugliness are some of the most beautiful oranges
you just need to be willing to dig a bit to find them

that's all I am suggesting
look for those oranges
reach out to things that you normally might not
be willing to dig through the mucky oranges

(I never thought you were wicked mean OT...sometimes the truth is hard to hear)