Notes From Public School - Day 120

“We even planted apples,” said Bella at recess.

She had just returned from lunch/gardening with our Communities In Schools teacher and was telling me about the gardening part of their time together.

“You planted apple trees?” I asked.

“Yes,” she answered. “We surely did.”

“Wow,” I said.

That’s my go to word when I’m amazed and astonished.

“It can take up to 8 years for a newly planted apple tree to produce apples. You must have a lot of faith and hope in the future.”

“Yes,” she responded. “I surely do.”

I smiled a Trevor smile.

She ran off to the playground to play with her friends.

As I stood in the late morning, late winter sunshine and looked at and listened to all of the life around me, I thought, “A teacher is like an apple tree planter. We have to have a lot of faith and hope in the future. It may take years before the world sees the fruit of what we plant today.”

Yes.

I surely do.