Reflection with thanksgiving is paramount to success

Maybe it's a deafening silence you've heard, or maybe the obnoxious cricket that found it's way into my classroom a few weeks ago, as I have taken an unusually long leave of absence from posting on the dear blog (but who am I kidding but myself that anyone noticed.. ha).

But... I'm definitely playing the role of the pregnant 1st year teacher this year. It's been so amusing to see my kids' reactions when they boldly ask me if I "have a baby in my tummy, because it's growing and growing and growing!"

Wow...

I am so blessed to have the privilege of teaching some beautiful babies and training them in the ways of elementary-hood.

I am so blessed to work with some of the most passionate and loving (don't forget patient!) kindergarten teachers I've ever met.

I am so blessed to have incredibly supportive administration as I go through my many learning curves.

I am so blessed to have eternity's perspective as I battle through the hard times and knot-holes of misunderstanding and conflict resolution.

I am so blessed to have classroom parents that love to volunteer and actively take part of their children's learning.

I am so blessed to have a job that causes me to work so hard that I have yet to taste "pregnancy insomnia."

I am so blessed to be in the classroom that the Holy Spirit secretly promised to me back in April and told me to claim in prayer.

I am so blessed to have fellow believers at the school I teach, who bathe that place in blessings and prayers daily.

I am so blessed to be a teacher.