Joy In The Midst of Struggles

I feel like in this month of March I have been drowning. Trying to survive each day. Wake up with dark circles under my eyes just trying to make it through the day. With work and home life it's like a whirlwind and then BOOM! I get super sick for 2 days. no work. no moving. nothing You know I think the body gets sick to remind you to slow down and make sure you invest in yourself before others. I went back to work yesterday and let me tell you when I got home I was exhausted but filled with thankful tears because sickness makes you realize who truly cares for you and my coworkers were so concerned for me and helped me the best way they could and my students were so loving and patient with me. Sometimes when we slow down we look at life in a different way. Let me tell you a little story that has touched my heart lately. I have a kiddo that utters 1 or 2 words so he recently got a communication device (iPad). The first day he had it my one student asked why and I told her sometim