Beautiful Timing

For two school years now, I have not been in the classroom, and it has felt odd after teaching for nine years to have that break. I am so used to the school year schedule as a way of me keeping track of time passing that my regular calendar does not suffice, and I cannot believe it is mid-May. These two years have been so very full as we have been blessed with the two girls, and I have been working on earning a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction in Literacy as well as keeping in touch with the kindergarten team at Dunn as their mentor. My heart has often been divided as I long to teach and know the importance of being at home, too. Well, after a lot of prayer and the Lord opening the perfect doors, things have all worked out in the last week for me to teach a half-day kindergarten class in the afternoons next year at Dunn. My wonderful friend Carrie is going to keep the girls, even pick them up before she picks up her son at pre-school so that I don't have a hectic drop-off on the south side of town and then try to make it on time to school on the north side (she is amazing!). Last Thursday was my interview and hiring and I also doubled up on my last two Master's classes (they are doozies!) so that I will be done with that degree by July... which reminds me, I had better get back to work on my assignments! I have really grown to appreciate stay-at-home moms (and all moms, too), and I am very excited to teach at Dunn again and start my tenth year of teaching in August. :)