Another year has come and gone and another group of students have touched my heart. They come to us as tiny little 7 year olds and leave us as big "ready for third grade" 8 year olds. They grew leaps and bounds. They drove us crazy. They made us proud. They made us sad. They made us laugh. They made us homemade cards. They made us repeat ourselves 500 times. They made us smile and also made us use that "teacher look".
So as I close my eyes tonight and think about how glad I am to spend a summer with my girls, I also close my eyes tonight and worry about them. You know, those students who tested your patience day after day. The ones that said they hate school. The ones that made bad choices again and again. The ones that drove you absolutely crazy. The ones that never did their homework or returned their reading books. Yep. We all have them every year.
They also make you lose sleep. Because we worry about what they will eat, and what they will hear, and what they will see, and what they will do over the next 3 months. And you know they are worried too when they don't want to get on the bus that last day of school. But when one of your toughest students of the school year tells you that his favorite part of 2nd grade was meeting all of us, and that he didn't want school to be over... that's when you know it was all worth it. Because of all of the inappropriate things he could have said in that moment, he chose kindness. And he chose to speak from his heart. And he chose to be brave in front of his peers.
And that is why it's worth it.
Say lots of prayers for these babies that are sad about not coming to school tomorrow. Pray that they hear an "I love you" and that they feel safe.
Happy summer break ❤️
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