June 19, 2023 - Monday


First day of VBS. It was WILD. 53 freaking kids in my class!!! Oh my gosh. I am never volunteering in 3rd grade again. I think 2nd grade was the sweet spot. I am just absolutely exhausted, honestly. I got up early after an anxious, terrible sleep, got everything ready, grabbed Ellie from next door, and headed out at 8 on the dot. VBS was insanity from 8:20 on, but at least they did figure out a shuttle for TNT kids to get over to building X without parent volunteers having to take them over. My class has a bunch of really good kids, but there's just too many of them. Our team works well together though! 

Silas, Hannah's son, is in the class. He had so many explosions and, man, they were real explosions. Throwing things, screaming in our faces, doing this victim thing, crying...it was a mess. I could tell he was ashamed of himself afterwards, but he couldn't control his outbursts when they happened. I just feel so terrible. I loved Hannah. Everything that happened with her and her little family was so tragic and it makes me so sad every time I think about it. I still think about her often and have wondered how Silas was doing. Now I know. Not great. I really hope that he grows up to be a believer and am so afraid for him if he doesn't. 

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