Mega Mode will Save the Day!

Ok..I’ll just air my dirty laundry out right away. Confession number #1, I use to love comic books. I know this is quite hard to believe with my debonair and classy ways, but it’s very true. (I will try to keep my confessions to a one blog minimum). I’ve been cleaning this summer and ran across a few types of comics I salvaged..Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Archie and Betty..but my all time favorite was The X-Men! Don’t be fooled by the name, those suckers couldn’t get to the grocery store without the women of X-Men. I loved Storm, Phoenix, Polaris…ok I have to stop my Geek is coming out too fast. I love how in comic books, no matter how bad things seemed to get, I mean the “world is coming to an end man!” out comes our heroes and heroines with a POW, KAPOW, CLANG, BOOM, and they save the day…every time, it’s great!


As the summer ends, my friend and I had an eventful trip to the big city to listen to a speaker/author by the name of Jonathan Mooney. Jonathan was a former “lazy”, “bad”, “rad”, “exceptional needs”, “learning disabled” “weirdo”, kid, and we could not WAIT to hear what he had to say! As we took our seats in the very back row, I myself was having trouble keeping the anxiety down. I couldn’t get off my own worries such as my future students (my biggest) and most diverse class yet, and the adults who don’t understand those who are bad and those who are different. I was even having trouble motivating myself to get things done around my own home, and then there was the biggest issue of all “THE Case that is C.”- C. is my own four year old son who was driving me to the brink of insanity (and you think I’m joking). Mind you, I love my son and he is a great kid! Still he is like a walking Dr. Pepper bottle who just swallowed a case of Mentos…he’s moving uncontrollable at all times and I am just waiting for the BIG Explosion, and the BIG BLAME…otherwise known as mom guilt, because I suck right!?. I just wish I could turn into MEGAmomMODE, MEGAwomanMODE, MEGAicanreisitchocolateMODE (at this time I would take anything)…and turn into those comic book stars that knock out the problems like WHAM!BAM!WOWZA!

Before I could dwell on it too much, Jonathan Mooney begin to speak and I was hanging onto his every word…because what he was saying was simple and inspiring and great!!! But, easy to forget in the daily grind that is education and life! I was reminded great minds don’t think alike, intelligence is relative, break the rules, cultivate intelligence not conformity, and most important life is not one size fits all! Today I was reminded that every good heroine has her own story. …my MEGAMODE, looks totally different than any other mom, teacher, or child…and that as long as I’m working, loving, and trying the best I can, that is enough to Save the Day! Until next blog...KPLOWY!