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    No Masks, Please

    I glanced around to see how everyone was coming along and my eyes were drawn in shock to a little girl standing stark naked in the middle of the room. She apparently thought she needed to take everything off in order to put the costume on.

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    Losing My Identity?

    I have admittedly been feeling a little lost for a few months now. I retired from 31 years of teaching (mostly first graders) this past spring. It felt like the right timing. So many things have frustrated me in recent years–expectations put on teachers, teaching practices and curriculums that fall short, sometimes difficult parents and unruly students, never ending data documentation and emails, unrealistic expectations, over-assessing, social agendas that don’t always resonate with me, NEVER ENOUGH TIME, and the list goes on. I’ve felt such conflict in my spirit, wanting to be available for family and friends but unable to be there for them because of the busyness of school…

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    Why “Cleft Dweller”?

    Why “Cleft Dweller”? As I mentioned in my initial post, the name popped into my head rather unexpectedly, so I believe it was straight from the Holy Spirit. It makes me chuckle a little because it sounds a bit like “cave dweller”, which I of course am not. Caves are cool, though, so if you’ve never been in one you should try it. If you look up the word “cleft”, it is defined as an opening, break or split. It is sort of like a cave, I guess. In Exodus 33 of the Old Testament, Moses is pleading with God to allow him to see His glory. God tells him…