Today's hostess, Irene Latham, is gathering us to reflect on our OLW for this year. Mine is REACH. It was a "stretch" for me to pick this word. I don't see myself as a "REACHER". And now looking at that word - with the er - it reminds me of the word "TEACHER", and perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps I've always been a reacher, at least as soon as I became a teacher. This past Sunday at church a boy, about 10 years old, sat next to me. He had intended to sit in the pew in front of us as he usually does, but it was filled. He is one that sometimes comes to church with another family, and he has energy to spare, and not many boundaries in his life. When he comes to church, he sits in the pew with two other boys right in front of us. Having him sit in front of me is always a challenge, to me - he's fine with it. I want to tell him to sit still, be quiet, stop poking others, etc. But I resist. I'm always quiet and try to focus on the m