The assignment is on!

I am excited about the final project for this class. I foresee that all of the students will be actively blogging their thoughts, perspectives, opinions, knowledge about American literature here! What fun those entries will be to read, not only for me, but for everyone else in the class. My only regret is that we didn't start the blogging earlier in the semester. As I said before, "life" sometimes gets in the way of plans, which often happens with me. When my dad died on New Year's Eve morning, I was devastated, and it has taken a lot of praying and talking to others to get me through the grief process. My oldest daughter is getting married on June 19, and while much of the planning had been done early, there are all of the small things that are essential to do..now. Guess what I will be doing in my three weeks 'off' in May? Then we have the new little grandson. My youngest daughter and her husband had been on the list for possible adoption through the Foster Care to Adopion program since October, and we knew that they would suddenly receive a call about a child. However, receiving a call about a possibility and then three weeks later, having the child be with them required lots of planning and work to ready the nursery, have clothes and other needed supplies, and just prepare. Life changed for all of us that day that Landon arrived in our family. Teaching an overload this semester has keep me busy with grading and planning (never again will I do this!). So..the blog project was pushed to the back burner more than once.

But, here it is now. Ready for action! Our first blog on the list is a good one. What will the creative minds in our class come up with for their contributions? I can hardly wait to see!