There's a big moral here for everyone: sometimes life is hard. Sometimes it can leave a person a little damaged. But perseverance - that quality now popularized as grit - can see you through.
On the last day of last year I posted a story about an amaryllis bulb that had started to grow while stick in the box. I didn't think it would amount to much, but I was impressed with how determined it was to become all it could be. You can read that blog entry and see a picture of that first, failed, flower here. That determined little bulb has surprised me. After I cut off the first, stunted blossom, the leaf part started to stand straight. It's turned green. And surprise of surprises, it has two more flower blossoms coming! There's a big moral here for everyone: sometimes life is hard. Sometimes it can leave a person a little damaged. But perseverance - that quality now popularized as grit - can see you through. I'll continue to post pictures of my miracle amaryllis. I'm hoping to follow its lead and make this year the year that I overcome a lot of obstacles, stand tall, and really bloom where I am planted. Here's wishing the same for you. Jennifer Bohnhoff is a middle school English teacher in rural New Mexico and the author of a number of novels for middle school and above. You can learn more about her books here.
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ABout Jennifer BohnhoffI am a former middle school teacher who loves travel and history, so it should come as no surprise that many of my books are middle grade historical novels set in beautiful or interesting places. But not all of them. I hope there's one title here that will speak to you personally and deeply. |