Sources of Strength

December 8, 2024 by GmasPhoto

Sources of Strength

Hi, welcome to My Sunday Snapshot 36! This weekend I had the opportunity to drive the high school wrestling team to a tournament. What a fun experience. The hosting high school had a hospitality room that was very nice. If you have not been to a wrestling match, they are an all day event. The hospitality room provided a nice breakfast and then lunch. Quite a nice selection of meats: chicken, pulled pork and sausage.

Hospitality room meal — The food was delicious!

While at the school, I noticed in the commons room/lunch araa there was this sign posted on the wall. Nothing fancy, just a plain piece of paper taped to the wall. What an inspiration! I knew I wanted to feature this collage of images for this week’s My Sunday Snapshot.

Sources of strength wall — What an awesome idea!

Four weeks ago I became a Student Delivery Specialist (School Bus Driver 🙂 ), Not a day goes by that I regret making the work change. It was a learning curve for sure with fear and wonderful experiences. If interested, read about it here.

I met two other drivers at the tournament hospitality room, Sylvia and Jerry. Maybe our bus trails will cross again!!

It’s never too late to make a work change. Even as they say, can’t teach an old dog new tricks is NOT true. Keep an open mind, be accepting to making mistakes (learn from them) and most of all, have fun. Trust me, you will be glad you did!

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

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Ring Around the Moon

December 1, 2024 by GmasPhoto 10 Comments

Ring Around the Moon

Hi, welcome to My Sunday Snapshot 35!

We have experienced a monthly low rain average. It was a wonderful night seeing this moon. Notice the ring around the moon? The ring is an Old Wives’ Tale. The old wives’ tale about a ring around the moon is that it signifies rain is coming soon. Kevin’s father had said this many times throughout Kevin’s childhood. After searching the internet, the ring, called a lunar halo, is usually caused by high cirrus clouds which often precede a storm system. The next day we did get much needed rain!

Have you ever seen such a ring?

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

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Fall Leaves

October 20, 2024 by GmasPhoto 10 Comments

Fall Leaves | My Sunday Snapshot #34

Hi, welcome to My Sunday Snapshot 34! This week has been beautiful. The weather feels very fall like 🙂 Even though I work for a different school district than where my grand girls attend, each had Thursday and Friday as parent teacher conference days. I spent both days with the girls!

The featured image is from the tree across the road from us. It’s huge, bigger than a banana! I sure enjoy nature’s beauty this time of year. While walking with Brynlee, I asked her to pause on the trail. This is the image I got. Priceless.

fall leaves with Bryn — Taken on our afternoon walk.

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

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Pleasant Surprise

September 29, 2024 by GmasPhoto 10 Comments

Pleasant Surprise | My Sunday Snapshot #33

Hi, welcome to My Sunday Snapshot! The Good Lord does work in wonderful ways. I made a decision to leave my full time, 40 hour week job for a part time bus driver one. A huge decision for me. One of the things I enjoy is spending money. Well, working part time I won’t have the ‘extra’ 20 hours pay. The Good Lord has so far given me so much, pleasant surprise. Not just one, but many.

The featured image was taken at 4:30 am. Had I still be working that 40 hour job, I would never have seen this beautiful moon. The image does not do the actual scene justice. At least I have the memory, I took the shot!

I believe the Good Lord places people into your life, or you into someone else’s life for a reason. He definitely added three wonderful, beautiful students into mine.

Currently I am a para working on the SPED bus. We have two students who ride that I am responsible for securing their wheel chairs. One of my past jobs was with Kinedyne. When you think of Kinedyne, you can think of the movement of freight. A sister company of Kinedyne, Sure-Lok, manufactured straps to secure wheel chairs. Well, full circle. I am familiar with the straps on the SPED bus, these were made by Sure-Lok!

There are a total of three students that ride with me. Each one of them has a very special place in my heart. Had I stayed with the 40 hour job, I would never have met these girls.

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

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Semi Retired

September 22, 2024 by GmasPhoto 10 Comments

Semi Retired | My Sunday Snapshot #32

Hi, welcome to My Sunday Snapshot! I am finding more and more things to do now that I am semi retired. Going from 40 hour work week to 20 hours is giving me so much more time to do as I wish and not because I have to. After my morning bus route, I stopped into the public library to work on my site and seen this poster.

Heck, yes. I am so doing this. I chose to paint a rock. This rock!

The evening was an absolute blast. I met new friends. Laughed. Laughed a lot! And best of all, I have the rocks as keep sakes of a fabulous memory. What was even better, it was free!

Are you retired or at the semi stage, same as me? What are some of the things you enjoy the most with your added personal/home time?

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

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Cute & Little

September 15, 2024 by GmasPhoto 8 Comments

Cute & Little | My Sunday Snapshot #31

Hi, welcome to My Sunday Snapshot! While working in my new school position, I noticed the school’s bike rack. All the cute little bicycles!

Did you notice? Not one of them is locked up. None! It must because this is considered a ‘small town’? Although it is not as small as it once used to be; Kansas City is just East of our town. More of the population is moving out of the big city to the surrounding areas. Drive time to the West side of Kansas City is just a short 25 to 45 minutes depending on where a person works.

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

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