A New Year is Upon Us..

Umm... HI!

Yes..it's been awhile. Sorry we had to break up for awhile. Soo...back to my theme of just blogging about what is on my mind...tonights topic is new begingings.

As a teacher...I tend to revolve my world around the "school calendar"...I admit sometimes I forget that most people don't do this soo I get funny looks when I say "This Year" or "A new year is starting" in August!! HAHA!! All that to say this, what do most people associate with a new year? New beginnings...I am gonna loose 30 lbs, I will be married...( my personal fav)...on and on...blah blah! They stick to it for maybe a few weeks and then OOOPPPPSS what happened? I am first in line to hollar GUILTY to this!!! GAWH, I am ashamed of it actually! Well, for my non-teacher friends...a "new year" to teachers is much the same. We go into the year with great ambition and by Christmas we are flat on our butts! This has happened to the best of us. One of my favorite things about teaching is the fact that each year is a new start...see the connection to the New Year (as in Jan. 1)?

This year I choose to work on my attitude. I am doing something alittle, ok ALOT, different. Instead of teaching as you would picture it, I see several groups of about 5-6 kids a day. Sounds wonderful right? To most YES! It's a dream job...but I am one of those weirdos who LOVES having "my ducks". AND yes...I had a group one year who would walk behind me and quack! It was quite amusing. Please don't be mistaken, I am very very very grateful for my job and fully recognize how lucky I am but the point is this is WAY out of my comfort zone. But my comfort that I am taking from it is God does his most beautiful work when you (us humans) are uncomfortable.  There have been many tears...both past and present (not right this minute so don't worry...I am not writing this while crying). I am so determined to focus on the good and try to forget what makes me uncomfortable.  I could not be more fortunate to work in a school where we praying together and lift each other up (i.e. the good!) and I have some amazing kids I see in group. SEE I can do it!!! :)

Also, and this may be even more enormous than the whole attitude thing...I hope to start on my master's degree soon!!! :)  Again...new beginnings...

Well, my loves...that is what is on my mind tonight! Hope you are well and I promise to be better about writing!!  XO!!!