Every life lesson I’ve learned this year is counted in my book as a great event. On the other side of each lesson – a better me emerged. I’ll share a recent one. About 3 years ago, I decided to give up a side gig at a college where I’d worked for about 10 years.Continue reading “Right Before My Eyes”
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In Every Lifetime
Teaching is hard work. Period. Celebrating milestones and watching students flourish truly makes every challenging moment worth it all. I’ll always put this on repeat : “In every lifetime and every season, I’ll be a teacher all over again”. This God-given assignment will always be part of my ‘why’. There are those slice of timeContinue reading “In Every Lifetime”
And We Do It All Over Again
This is the week of pre-planning for teachers in the SE. The ’25-’26 school year has presented itself, whether we want it to or not. Theses are the moments we get to check our ‘why’ all over again. As I sort through the papers and other items to throw out, my eyes came across aContinue reading “And We Do It All Over Again”
From A Distance
Over the years different individuals have asked me to teach virtually – I’d always say no. By nature, I love the feel of the classroom energy. My students have a whole vibe of their own. I want to see their eyes, read their body language, watch the way they relate to each other and embraceContinue reading “From A Distance”
The Fire You Light
A few more weeks and I walk away from the ’23-’24 school year clothed in my right mind. We lost some of our colleagues along the way, some quit, some had a hard year. As we end Teachers Appreciation Week in my neck of the woods, I salute my colleagues who stayed in the fightContinue reading “The Fire You Light”
Stretched
This school year I accepted a challenge to work with some students whose English skills are much lower than my usual group. It wasn’t what I thought it would be and I find myself being stretched. The class has students from different language backgrounds which poses a challenge all by itself. This is not myContinue reading “Stretched”
Front Seat
One of the most beautiful things about being a teacher is getting front row seats to the lives of your students. So often we get to watch this interesting cycle of life continue. We watch them flourish as they blossom into amazing humans. They then are blessed to pour into someone else and the cycleContinue reading “Front Seat”
Made For This
As a teenager leaving high school, I was blank. I had no idea what I wanted to do. My pastor suggested that I tried teaching. That was never on my vision board and I thought it funny. I then reasoned with myself; I had nothing to lose by giving it a shot. I would leaveContinue reading “Made For This”
Beginning of the End
For the last three and a half years, I have taught real time virtual classes [RTV]. This means from the 2019-2020 school year, I have sat before a computer engaging my students in real time. We had a blast and have indeed built an amazing relationship. We became family. Through the pandemic and beyond we’veContinue reading “Beginning of the End”
How Sweet it is…!
The title of this popular 1960’s song ‘How sweet it is to be loved by you‘ truly captures how many teachers in our county felt this week. We were celebrated and, at my school, well fed. Most of us don’t do this to be seen or even praised. We show up simply because we loveContinue reading “How Sweet it is…!”
Restored Hearts 