Reflections on a Friend

I lost a very good friend, collegue, and mentor Wednesday. Pam Annas was the 6th grade teacher at Mexican Hat. She had been there for 27 years and she was devoted to her kids.
I learned so much from her. She organized me, taught me to see the humor in everyday things, and helped me hold things together when I had struggles. She loved the Lord with all her heart and served Him always. She knew when people needed help and gave it willingly.
I am so glad I was able to spend time with her just a few days before she left. I will miss her so much!

Learning to walk ...again!

My brother-in-law George and I went over to Grand Junction, Colorado yesterday to pick Jim up at the VA hospital. After his left-leg amputation two years ago, they told him he would need a prosthesis only for balance. He learned how to get around so well on crutches that they decided he could learn to walk again, so he spent the last two weeks in intesive physical therapy learning how to walk again. He is amazing! There is a lot to remember, but he walked out of that hospital on his own!

A Little More

I am the oldest in a family of six kids. Mom grew up in Colonia Juarez, Mexico, and became a United States citizen the year I turned 10. Dad grew up in Blanding, Utah, and had served a mission to the Northeastern States. Mom was getting ready to go to Texas Brownsville, and needed some advice. Dad's sister gave her the address of an RM who had gone into the Army and needed a penpal. The rest, as they say, is history!
Obviously, I grew up with a love of country and the parental expectation of a college education, because neither of them had one.
I graduated from Weber State University in May of 1990 and started teaching in Halls Crossing, Utah, where we had 30 kids in the whole school (K-10), 15 of them (K-3) in my class.
In January I married James O. Kensley, and two weeks later he shipped out for Desert Storm--his second war. (The first was Viet Nam.) He spent six months in Germany.

Amy's World

I decided to create a blog so I could be sure I would have a safe place where my pictures and thoughts could be found.

This is me when I graduated from college in 1990. I had a BS in Elementary Education, and I first started teaching in Halls Crossing, Utah. It was a two-room school, and I had 15 kids in my class grades K-3. (The other room had the rest of the school--4-10, and the other teacher!) It was a good year!