Change≠Unfaithfulness

When I look at what is considered the norm, I see people who hold the same stable job for many years where they celebrate 5,10,15,20,__ years of dedication to the same job. I always thought that would be me. I’ve been taught perseverance and sticking to the same thing to show a faithfulness to a…

Distracted

Have you ever found yourself working on one thing diligently and then find your mind wandering to something else and then find that you are doing something else and you forget what you were originally doing? Yeah, that happens to me all the time. . . .Some days that’s okay, other days, not so much.…

Little Joys

About a year has gone by and so much has happened in that time. The first year of teaching has come and gone; the second year is almost complete. Another summer of camp, another season of volleyball and basketball, another full semester, another semester is halfway done, a senior trip, and a boyfriend has come…

Long Overdue

This semester has been one of the best semesters of my life, although it has also been one of the most taxing. High school and college I could always skate by on most things and then capitalize and shine on the things that I was most passionate about or had a knack for. However, teaching…

too little for too long

Quite overdue, yet nonetheless, here is another post. A lot has transpired since my last post. I have gone through  a basketball season, I have gone through a computer transition, I have been through a Sports Awards Banquet, I have been through a missions conference, I have been through two volleyball club seasons, I have…

It’s the most busiest time of the year. . .

While I love this time of the year, there is no denying that this is one of the most hectic times of the year as well. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Scrooge by any stretch of the imagination, but it is also a very tiring and draining time. I’ve decorated my classroom with lights…

My way is not God’s way

Two Mondays ago, I hurt my ankle in basketball practice. It was the first practice. In fact, it was the first half hour of the first practice. In fact, I wasn’t even doing anything cool, exciting, or spectacular. I was just running after a ball. And there I went, landing on my ankle. I heard it…

What I didn’t do. . .

My 9th grade English class is a Creative Writing class. I have them write a paragraph each day based off of a prompt that I give them. I give them about ten minutes to work on it in class, and if they do not finish, then it is homework. Although grading is not one of…

Challenge Accepted

I read an article this past week that I couldn’t refute. It was a teacher who was challenging writing in the classroom. Her argument was that if I as a teacher am expecting writing, then I should be writing. I know that writing is one of my weaker areas. Writing makes me vulnerable. Writing shows…