nostalgic

"good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theatre." -- gail goldwin

life sped up and changed completely in the past six months. my routine of teaching and studying came to a halt with graduating, sage, and singapore. i was sorting through pictures and came to a folder of my students. oh man, i loved those kids. i felt sad as i saw pictures of kids who i knew had a rough start at life, and i wonder now where they are, what they're doing, if they have good teachers who care about them, if they feel loved. i laughed at the crazy antics those kids would pull when i came across pictures of stages made out of blocks, mics made out of plastic giraffes, and songs they performed "like bee-yawn-say!"

mostly, i'm just feeling nostalgic. those were hard years that i wouldn't go back to, but i still love those kids.

even now, i look at this and feel proud. his d's are looking so good! he made an AB pattern by himself! he's come so far!

it's funny how drastically different my daily routine is now, but i couldn't be more happy being with sage. although, i'd really love my brain to come back...some days i feel like maybe once upon a time i was smart...back when i could remember where i set my keys 37 seconds ago. nate talks about how he can't wait for her to grow up a little so he can teach her things {i still want to freeze time every day}. being a parent is definitely the biggest and most daunting teaching job i'll have, but the benefits far outweigh the two weeks of vacation and good friday off i was getting on the south side of chicago. i'd take this girl over anything...you knew a sage picture was coming, didn't you? i can't help myself.