Gold Glue

Broken = Beautiful

This bowl’s beautiful because my friend Manna broke it

She didn’t send me the pieces, she glued it back together.

• Breaking isn’t good.

• Pain’s not magical.

• But repair often makes visible what wholeness hid.

Like most teachers, I carry wounds I never would have chosen.

And yet, those wounds deepen my patience, grace, and attention so I recognize some of my students’ pain.

The crack’s not the gift.
What I build around it might be.

Your glue:
Here’s 1 wound I carry ______, but because of it I can offer my students ______.

See you in class,

J