Third Contest Entry

Third entry in our Mumford March Madness contest-who is your favorite? Winner gets a copy of Mumford & Sons Sigh No More:

Unconditional Love

So I have an exceptional child in my classroom. (Exceptional is the new buzz word for "special ed.") He has grown on me since the beginning of school. He now has a big place in my heart. Today I broke some other pieces of my heart and his.

At the end of 9 weeks, we have a special event for the kiddos to do something fun if their behavior has been good and they have been responsible. This was his first time to make it. Everyone was so happy for him especially me.

He goes to work with an exceptional educator each day and today just happened to be right before our special event. 1:30 came and I took my kiddos out. Everyone that is except him. I forgot he was gone. At 2:30 when we came back, he was in my line. I asked him if he had a good time and he said he hadn't gone. What? "Ms.Quarles, you forgot me."

Heart breaks.

By the time I figured out what happened he held his head high, but huge crocodile size tears were spouting out. I asked for his forgiveness and his reply "Yes, Ms.Quarles. You are still my favorite teacher."

Daggers to my heart.

My eyes started getting wet and I tried my hardest to hold it in. He gave me a hug. I said a quick prayer. What a lesson on unconditional love and forgiveness.

Our Second Entry!

Here's our second entry:

i want a love that is a flood
of ideas
fresh water
fresh start
unimpersonating everyone
i want a love that is a heart
pumping blood
gushing out and
giving me
more reason to come alive
I want a love that is a flood
from the gut
pouring out
pouring out his love for me
i want a love that is a flood
to wash right over
the arc i've built
the arc i've been
hiding out in
i want a love.
a love that
sends out doves
a love with wings
a love that knows both
dangerous
and innocent things

Mumford & Sons - The Cave

Our first contest entry

Here is the first entry in our Mumford March Madness contest:

Loving The Least Of These: The Faces of Love: "Love. What a small, powerful word. It has the potential to change the world. To change us. Most of us seem to e..."

Thanks so much!

KB

Mumford March Madness

It's no secret that all of us at Ashraya Mission love the album Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons. I bet we've 'tweeted' the line "Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you/It will set you free " about a dozen times. 

And as hackneyed as it sounds, we really believe that. We believe that love, more specifically the love of God, will never betray us, leave us, forsake us, dismay us or enslave us. It is the love that sets prisoners free-whether that prison was made of physical, emotional or spiritual walls. It is the love that is going to release the children from sexual slavery in India.

We want to share a little Mumford & Sons with y'all. So here are the rules of the game:

1) Write a little blog about love. This is your interpretation of love and it can be as personal, serious, introspective, creative or just down right silly as you want it to be.
2) Email your blog entry to ashrayamission@gmail.com
3) We'll be posting the blog entries on our blog (the one you're reading right now...).
4) The blog entry that gets the most comments, the most 'votes' if you will, by the 30th of March wins a copy of Mumford & Sons Sigh No More.
5) Be as shameless as you want to be about getting your friends to vote for your entry. Promote it on facebook, email it out, put it on twitter, whatever. We won't judge.
If this game goes well, we could pick another album for April, one for May, etc, etc.

Blessings,

KB