Stephanie G

Elementary Teacher. 🇰🇼 🇯🇴 🇦🇪 🇹🇭 My birthstone is a coffee bean.

[Chad Prather @WatchChad]

Good morning.

The reason you feel Charlie’s death so deeply is because grief doesn’t measure itself by proximity. It measures itself by meaning. You didn’t have to know him personally to feel the sting of his absence, because when a voice like his goes silent, something in the atmosphere shifts.

The reason it feels heavier than so many other tragedies is because your spirit recognizes that this is not just about a man, it is about a battle. Scripture says eternity is written on our hearts, and when someone who carried truth with boldness is suddenly gone, eternity aches within us. It’s like our souls know instinctively that the darkness celebrated, and that strikes us at the core.

The reason you can’t shake it is because psychologically, we don’t only attach ourselves to people…we attach ourselves to symbols. Charlie became a symbol of conviction in a time of compromise, courage in a time of fear. And when a symbol is struck down, it rattles something primal and eternal inside us.

That’s why even those who never met him feel it. There is a strange thread pulling at us, and it is not imagined. It is real. We are bound together by shared purpose, by shared longing for truth, by the Spirit of God Himself weaving us into a fabric that cannot be torn apart. This loss pulled at that fabric, and every one of us felt the tug.

So if you’ve wondered why this hits so hard, it’s because your soul knows. This is bigger than news. This is bigger than politics. This is about eternity, about truth, and about the weight of a man whose life carried both.

Love y’all.

[Stephanie G @firstgradefresh]

Fine Motor practice made fun! How CUTE! #fingerpuppets #finemotor #halloweencraftivity #secondgrade

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@missmcclureEDU Awww cool! 😎

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Love launching writing with the cutest wee bookmaking inspiration! #librarymouse #NIST #Grade2

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@LaineLibrarian @bobshea @andrewrootbooks Such a great idea! We know which books will be flying off the shelves now…

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Friday afternoon vibes. Writing #poetry in a tree. @Y3NIST

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@LaineLibrarian @NISTSchool This looks like fun!

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@Katherineqi These are darling!

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#NISTis back on campus! And we remember how to do this… 🙌🏼

[Stephanie G @firstgradefresh]

#Lift is definitely our new favorite book in 3SG! Thank you @NISTSchool @LaineLibrarian @bottomshelfbks for a lovely author visit!

[Stephanie G @firstgradefresh]

Even while in the trenches of #onlinelearning, you inspired us @toddparr! @Y3NIST Students loved this author study and were excited to share their own colorful published pieces from home.

[Laine Palendat @LaineLibrarian]

#NISTis looking at beautiful book pairings and how we can bring our UOI to a local context by inquiring into Saman Kunan and the cave rescue through @soontornvat ‘s All Thirteen, grounding our inquiry in place and time through the gorgeous maps she provides. @NISTSchool

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@lizcom28 @LaineLibrarian @Y3NIST And then as a #Seesaw activity

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#NISTis getting to know what kind of readers our new students are while starting the school year online. Love collaborating with the talented @LaineLibrarian on Reading Life Timelines! @Y3NIST

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@lizcom28 @LaineLibrarian @Y3NIST #Keynote

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@LaineLibrarian @NISTSchool So cute!

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Field Trip! It’s been awhile... #sharingtheplanet #pyp #mangroves #bangpu @Y2NIST

[Stephanie G @firstgradefresh]

. @Y2NIST were the experts today when collaborating with our Year 6 House Buddies in #keynote. We brought our #identitymaps to life with animations and published to @seesaw. #everyonecancreate

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@teachthenbeach 🥰

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A morning’s worth of work and discussion while digging into our #HundredsChartInquiry. #FirstGrade @Y2NIST