Trying to come back on line again, after about six months of too many happenings and deep changes in daily life.
My beloved mother died on the 21st of May, from lung cancer; I had to take some time to learn how to live without her warm company and accept to interpret the illuminating effect of her absence in a totally new and positive sense.
Meanwhile I underwent knee surgery in the beautiful Santana Hospital; physioterapy treatments followed along the whole summer; after some obstinate regressions, treatment sessions are finally winding down and, hopefully, – and thanks to my wonderful doctors – I ‘ll soon recover full autonomy.
However, I won’t be able to walk fast as before, nor to carry weights – as my laptot -:( – , nor to drive an old jeep with a heavy clutch pedal; in fact, as the patellar tendons are not aligned with the tibia in both knees, the most simple daily effort can mean enough strain to provoke inflammation; so I must learn how to cope with this condition and go ahead following a new rithm.
Meanwhile, first school trimester is over with its joys and pains; the change of the entire internet system worked unsatisfactorily so far, and after some frustrating trials, I went back to the old “talk and chalk” lessons ; our 5th and 6th grade wikis are thus limited to home work and I engaged to publish our kids texts at our school blog.
Now Christmas pause keeps inspiring us to dare a blog make over on our 6th grade edublog, although I know kids won’t have any time allowed to blog at school, at least for now. That’s why I didn’t even told them about the great Challenge and, as far as my physioterapy sessions went on, I didn’t enroll to be a challenge helper.
So, from time to time, I wonder about the ultimate meaning of sharing educational on-line experiences that are so limited either by adverse or by unforeseen circumstances…