Everyday Blessed

This week was a long week. I came home Friday completely exhausted. At one school, it was the last week before our 3 week spring break! There was so much excitement and just so much other stuff going on.  But come Friday, I got the encouragement that I needed.  At the end of my math class, I asked the students what the best thing has been about their year so far. They all had some great things to share! I was so excited to hear them reflect on their great year. But what was really touching to me, was that for some of the students, their highlight (that they were thinking about at that moment) was getting to be in my class, or for one student, getting to see me at church (she gets double doses of me!) and it allowed me to see that these kids know that I care about them. They want to be in my class because they feel loved when they come in the room. That is my goal as I know I've written before. So many days I wonder, but these moments let me know that I am doing something ri

I have a student, almost every teacher can say at some point that they have had that student. Not a bad students, but the student that takes more attention and needs more love. I do absolutely love this students, but he can also exhaust me. Everyday is unknown. Someday are great and some days are not. Somedays, he is super focused, on task, and lots of fun. Other days he cannot complete a single task without one-on-one attention.  One day, we had a bad day. WE, not just him, but me as well. I don't remember why, but for some reason, I was short that day. We both knew it. We both knew that two people having a bad day do not lead to a good day. I think because we both knew, it didn't turn into anything worse. Really just frustration.  The whole point of me sharing this is what happened the next day. I hadn't told anyone about this bad day that we had both had. I knew that because I was not in a great mood, I couldn't really fully complain about his behavior. But th