Everyday Blessed

So tomorrow is the last day of school!! I’m sure I have a lot of things to be doing right now, but I do not know what… We’ve been building up to this moment for the last few months! Tomorrow, I will say good-bye to twenty amazing kids who have touched my heart, and who I will most likely never see again. I want this day to be special, I want this year to have been memorable, I want to leave a great last impression. But how am I going to do that? I have been trying hard in this last week to lower my expectations, and to up my energy. I have been letting them give me as many hugs as they may need and trying not to push them away even if I’m crazy busy! I’ve been trying to read fun stories and spend some extra time dancing and playing games. Have I been successful? I don’t know. I may never know.  But what does it mean for a teacher to be successful? Does it mean that my students have to grow the most on their test scores? Does it mean that my students need to come out knowin

It has been a whirl-wind!! It is almost April, there are 111 days till the wedding and only 2 months left of school! So with all of that, there is a lot of stress lately!  In February, I was told that my position was being cut at school, because the district only wants 3 sections of K in the school, and I was section 4. This was actually kind of an answer to prayers. As much as I would love to have one more year in the same spot with the same curriculum and same staff, Brandon wants to go to school in Winona, so we would have to move the following year anyway. So, with this, I won't have to make the decision to quit a job. But now I am on the hunt for a job! Job applications are no fun, and the waiting is tough!  So, now that we decided to move to Rochester, we are trying to figure out what to do with a living situation. It seems to make a lot more sense to buy a house. We are thinking we will be there for five years or so, at least. But, that is also stressful as