story or question?

first graders are fun. and funny. and they have about a million stories to tell you every day. we could be doing math, and someone's hand will shoot up so they can tell me about the time they went to the grocery store with their mom. if i listened to every story, i would never have time to teach. so now whenever someone raises their hand, i ask them, "story or question?" what's funny is that the past couple of days, i would just look at whoever would raise their hand and they would say, "oh never mind."

i realized tonight that i am way too much like my first graders. tonight cheli, kelli and i went to starbucks, and i wanted to tell a story for every topic we talked about. in fact, most of the time when i talk, i'm not even telling half of what i want to. there are so many things that run through my head that it is so ridiculous. but hey, i like to talk. is that really a surprise?

for some of you, i would be very careful how you answer that question. you know who you are.