Hello my sweet friends,
This is the question that everyone has been asking me lately: "Are you missing the beginning of school?" My answer to this is "yes" and "no." As most of you know, I am taking a year off to be with Little Charlie at home. Yes, this has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember...just ask my Mom and Dad. I have been playing "house" and "mommy" since I was very little. I also have been playing "school" for as long as I can remember. So it has been hard not to rush out and shop for new markers, crayons, sticky notes, and composition books; however, I know without a doubt that this is where God has me right now...caring for my little bundle of joy at home. I cannot imagine anyone else caring for Charlie right now. It is a privilege to stay at home and teach him all about our great big world. I am thankful that God has given me this great "teaching" opportunity.
Now, what do I miss about school (after 10 years of teaching)?
bundles of newly sharpened pencils
new notebooks
green pens
new dry erase markers
mavelous tape (for those of you who don't know..this is a teacher's dream..it is tape that won't pull the paint off of the walls)
newly laminated class lists
composition notebooks
new faces of students, parents, and teachers
the friends of Brookwood Forest Elementary (my home for the last 8 years)
Room 213
Trips to Office Depot/Office Max with Jennifer
Late Friday and Saturday nights right before schools starts
10:45 lunch time
Lunch with 1st grade
Rolling chair parties
Sharing books with kids (now I just get to do that with Charlie)
What am I not missing?
grading papers
fire drills and tornado drills
Well, as you can see the good outweighs the bad...so I know that I'll return to the classroom one day. I know I'll miss it, but I'm in the right career for me right now. To all of my teacher friends, I'll come and visit. Please don't be strangers. I'll have Charlie up there to meet all of the BWF Rangers soon!
