7 X 70

The 1st day of school was a success!!!  Everyone came home so excited about their teachers and it was so fun to hear about their days!!  William said, "MOM!!! MY TEACHER IS SO NICE!"  And Jack said pretty much the same thing, "MOM, I LOVE SCHOOL again!  My teacher is so nice to us." Awww....pitter patter.  I love to hear those kind of reports.  Suzy had a good day too and was all smiles, but said that there was one boy who kept getting in trouble and had to put his head on the table TWO TIMES!  Made an impression on her little mind. :) 

So this year I have 4 children in 3 different schools.....SO....I have 3 drop-offs in the morning.  When taking my 2 youngest to school at their elementary building.....I noticed that my friend in front of me in the drop off line ~having her daughter {that goes to the same school as Jack} get out to go and hop on the "connecting bus" that will take students needing a ride over to the Intermediate School building (4th & 5th grade building) to their school.

I told Jack, "HEY! You could ride the connecting bus!! That would save me time and gas!!" Which he responded, "Nah! I don't really want to.  I won't know anyone.  I probably won't get an assigned seat next to anyone I know.... Isabella didn't like when she had to ride that connecting bus...."

ARGHHHH!!!  MY KIDS AND TRYING NEW THINGS!!  I told him...."Well you would know Cassie"  To which he responded...."Yeah, But she probably sits with her friends--that are GIRLS."

I told Jack, "Well maybe sometime you could just give a try!"
And then I dropped it.

And then he noticed as we were dropping off the younger 2 a couple of the new songs I put on my iPod that was playing over the sound system in the van.  To which I figured he would complain...because they were some worship songs on forgiveness.  Something God's working on my with right now.

Anyways....Jack is more the upbeat song kinda guy.  He loves music and esp. electronics & iPods.  I just didn't figure this was his genre.  [Still working on the glass is 1/2 full mentality with this one.]  But when 7 X 70 came on he said he wants this song on his iPod too!  I said, "Really?" How do you know this song Jack?"
"Because we learned about it in music class last year."
"Really?  Who is the artist?"  {Wanting to know if he really knew what he was talking about..}
So he replied, "It's Chris August.  He had a really hard childhood and he's singing about his life right now.  His parents used to fight a lot.  This must have been really emotional for him to sing this, right mom?" 
WOW! The heart strings pulled!!  And all of a sudden from behind my sunglasses I had "something in my eye" syndrome!
It opened up a conversation about forgiveness and what God asks us to do. 
And just like that we arrived at his school, and after he kissed me good-bye, he says, "Time to rock and roll." I love his sense of humor and colorful ways of putting things.

Man I humbled by this job.  It moves me to see them develop and at the same time the things that God develops in me.  To have these little snippets of time that all too soon will be gone.  Something I was irritated about {him not riding a bus} turning to a really special little conversation. 

Thank you Mrs. Cinamon Short for being my kids' favorite music teacher!  Thank you for introducing them to Chis August, and for the way you love your job and students.  Thank you for the ways you teach them to get interested in the musicians you study.  You are an amazing lady making an amazing difference in so many lives.

{Photo borrowed from facebook}

In case you haven't heard the song....

"7x70"

I've been living in this house here
Since the day that I was born
These walls have seen me happy
But most of all they've seen me torn

They've heard the screaming matches
That made a family fall apart
They've had a front row seat
To the breaking of my heart

7 times 70 times
I'll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way

7 times 70 times
There's healing in the air tonight
I'm reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

I remember running down the hallway
Playing hide and seek
I didn't know that I was searching
For someone to notice me

I felt alone and undiscovered
And old enough to understand
Just when I'm supposed to be learning to love
You let me doubt again

7 times 70 times
I'll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way

7 times 70 times
There's healing in the air tonight
I'm reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

I lost count of the ways you let me down
But no matter how many times
You weren't around
I'm all right now

God picked up my heart and helped me through
And shined a light on the one thing
Left to do
And that's forgive you

I forgive you

7 times 70 times
If that's the cost I'll pay the price

7 times 70 times
I'll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way

7 times 70 times
There's healing in this house tonight
I'm reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

Yeah, I'm gonna wrap it all around

I've been living in this house here
Since the day that I was born