i'm a little excited
this is my true new year
in which i set goals -
learn names the first week
(i should have 120 students this year....)
grade papers in a timely manner
have students state learning targets daily
run twice a week
get up at 5:00 everyday
practice memory verses daily
this is my true new year
but i'm having some ouchies
too
i sometimes get homesick at school
i sometimes get beachsick at school
i sometimes get chrissick at school
i sometimes get kidsick at school
i sometimes get sistersick at school
i sometimes get cornerofmycouchreadingsick at school
but
there is this god call
to love, inspire, lead, preteens
there is this god call
so i go
and
in him all things hold together
and
it is who i am
the thursday-friday links:
casey at the wiegand's
beki at the rusted chain for fingerprint friday
michelle for caffeinated randomness
studio jru for sneak peek friday
Happy New Year to you, Kendal. Blessings on you as you usher in a new class of students into your heart.
ReplyDeleteTeachers are so important to kids and truly make a difference. So thankful that 120 students will get a great teacher, one who seems to love them. Can't wait to hear more about your year as it gets started. So enjoy reading your poetry.
ReplyDeleteTeachers are so important to kids and truly make a difference. So thankful that 120 students will get a great teacher, one who seems to love them. Can't wait to hear more about your year as it gets started. So enjoy reading your poetry.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, Kendal! May God infuse you with His strength, joy and peace ~ and use you to be His witness to all 120 students this year! What a high, sacred calling!
ReplyDeleteIn Him
Cindy :)
Oh that your new school year will be full of treasures! Praying for you.
ReplyDeleteThose of us who work in schools always run on a slightly different calendar than everyone else! Here's to the beginning of the year, and to new beginnings.
ReplyDeleteoh wow, sister, your school year starts early! my hubby doesn't go back till the end of august... praying for you, that you will be so, so full of peace and joy, there will be no room for any of the "sick" :) love you.
ReplyDeleteI have my teaching certificate in Chemistry, but I am waiting until the kids are in school themselves. I did long-term sub for 9 months when my oldest daughter was a baby and my son was 4. That was the hardest part- being away from the kids. :( I got kidsick, too. I love working with the high schoolers, though, and I do really miss teaching! Have a great school year!!!
ReplyDeletewow, i can't believe it's here already for you! it's around the corner for us, but will be here soon enough. i always love it and dread it at the same time. the summer feels too short, but then again, i anticipate the "new year" so much. blessings to you as you enter in on this next year.
ReplyDeleteI loved the "...-sick" lines! I get those too!
ReplyDeleteMay your new beginning be filled with blessings and joy!
ReplyDeleteOh, Kendal -- so nicely put. I get the same kind of sickness and feel the same call. Mine are high schoolers.
ReplyDeleteI know I'll miss a lot I've loved this summer...but I know He has a place and a purpose for me there. (For me, next week is "Teacher Week," then the kids come.) Happy School Year to you, Kendal!
Happy new year ~
ReplyDeleteYour students are blessed.
Oh, school starts too soon, too soon . . .
Happy New Year to you Kendal! Wow... 120 students! How blessed they will be with such a caring teacher. How wonderful that you hear God's call and listen.
ReplyDeletei sometimes get cornerofmycouchreadingsick at school
ReplyDeleteAnd this is why I like you. Me too. Praying for you as you start a new year.
Brilliant! Once again your words just made me laugh out loud at my own crazy missing when summer ends.
ReplyDeleteYou are pure joy with God's sweet words!