Wow What A Summer

I realized tonight that I haven't posted anything about my summer and here school is about to begin. Isn't it funny how as we get older life zooms by us and then we look back and think, where did the time go? I spent a wonderful summer spending lots of time with my family, especially spoiling some precious grandbabies. We enjoyed weekends of play time and swimming in the back yard. What special memories.

Once again it's that time of year for new beginnings. We have many new memories to make this school year and I'm so excited. I love the first day of school, seeing my new students and learning what each one is like the first week. They are always so eager to find out what their teacher is like and whether or not they will like him/her.

Being a teacher is a special thing, I am so privileged to have these children in my lives. We spend so much time molding them and shaping them into who they will become. It's so amazing to see their strengths and talents and their discoveries of learning to do things they didn't know they could do. What a special place to be, at the beginning of middle school, where decisions they make will be what shapes their futures and who they will become someday. I pray that the influence I will bring to them, will not only be the knowledge of study, but also an example of who I am in christ. May they see the faith I have shine through me, even if it has to be silent at times.