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This was the morning Tom and I found out we were expecting. I purposely wrote down that quote because with pregnancy talk circling around us, an image formed in my mind about the kind of mother I want to be. I want to be an outgoing and fun mother just like mine. My mother, Diane is seventy years old and still believes in acting silly and laughing constantly. In my opinion, some people in the world are just too mature and need to loosen up!

Feeling Blessed

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Today is just one of those days I just feel so incredibly content with the career path I have chosen. When it comes to the world of teaching, a teacher never knows what kind of day lies ahead. I can have this easy work day planned in my head and suddenly something unexpected can occur. Back to my day....before my students arrived, I had an early morning visitor. One of my former students expressed how much she missed me. We chatted briefly and I smiled after she left because I somehow created a positive impact on that student.

The bell rings at 7:50am and just as I'm about to greet my homeroom students, I have a student from another class rush into my homeroom with tears in her eyes. She told me that she couldn't finish her homework because she found out her cousin collapsed in gym class and is in a coma. It is just like her to still be concerned about her school work while she is experiencing intense sadness...

She is a straight A student and her mother should feel blessed to have a daughter like that. Through her tears she told me what happened to her thirteen year old cousin and she said "Mrs. K. I couldn't stop thinking of your quote when I found out about her." That touched me tremendously. Sometimes I feel like my students are not listening and then I have a moment like this one that proves me wrong. She told me that she trusts me and I told her something that she didn't know. As she stared at me with a puzzled look upon her face, I explained how her recent essay helped me with something major that is going on in my life.

Currently, a very close family member of mine is having some early signs of dementia. This student wrote a photo essay about her grandpa and his battle with Alzheimer's disease. While reading her photo essay, I was a bit taken aback and had to pause while I read one of her lines. I'd rather have him around without knowing who I am, then not have him around at all. I smiled because through all of my frustration with my family member forgetting things that I find so simple, my student made me realize that I am STILL incredibly blessed.