Insights

How inconvenient! Just one week back in school, and record-breaking cold temperatures forced schools to close, meetings to be rescheduled, and precautions to be taken to protect people, pets, plants, and pipes. The milk we so carefully poured into the January 2025 glass spilled, but in the mess, we found a moment of winter wonder. Tuesday and Wednesday may have created unexpected inconveniences, but these days of freezing temperatures and falling snow also provided families with precious moments for memory-building. Memories were made that will last a lifetime; treasures that are an important part of your children’s story.

My grown children hold a similar story in their vault of childhood memories. On Christmas Eve 2004, an inch of snow fell in Houston. Inconveniently, the snowfall began during the Christmas Eve service and was visible through the windows of the sanctuary. All focus on “Silent Night” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem” was lost as my girls’ full attention shifted to getting outside. They were four and eight years old at the time. Twenty-one years later, they both fondly recalled that magical snow on Christmas Eve when the weather forecast once again called for snow in Houston. That snowy day became a core memory for them.

The moments of joy you spent with family this week created core memories for your children as well. These lifetime memories are strong connectors to family and reminders of God’s goodness.

The greatest gift we can give our children is knowledge of the Lord. Being interruptible and open to inconvenience allows us to seize moments of unexpected opportunity to share joy and build connections with our kids. It is through these connections that we gain the ability to best bring awareness to God’s excellent story. 

I pray that each of you was wonderfully distracted, joyfully interrupted, and fully able to enjoy your time in the snow. May the Lord help us to be available to create memories with our families daily, whether in the midst of winter wonder or during the more mundane and expected aspects of our lives.

Welcome back to the second start of Spring 2025!

Tammy McIlvoy
Head of School
Logos Preparatory Academy