Congratulations! And joy to all who participated in bringing this new life into this student. May it be so overpowerfully wonderful that it will catch fire across the nation and into the world.
Blessings and much love, Toni Sar'h ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie Smith To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:17 PM Subject: wave of wonderful These past few weeks so many wonderful OST-related things have been happening... I want to share just one more, the one from today... this especially goes out to Judi, Chris, Michael, Dan, Heidi, Krista, Mia, Curt, and all those who attended the Becoming A Peacemaker Conference in April... Today I spent a few moments speaking with a student who attended our April conference, and who stood out for many of us as a single shining example of why we do what we do. (During the closing circle on the second day of the conference she told the story of how the first day had changed her and changed her family... how the day talking about peacemaking had helped her see things differently and how the new seeing helped her reach out to her mother in a new and more loving way and how her mother had responded in kind...) When I saw her today she was beaming. Health and happiness oozed from every part of her. She told me she's working on creating a new class in her high school called Peacemaking. She's almost finished the curriculum, and has identified a teacher who will support her by being the teacher-of-record without taking over the class. The class will be student-led and dialogue-driven. My heart is doing cartwheels. Julie
