It didn't hit me when I was packing up the books from off the shelves.
It didn't hit me when I was doing report cards or grading the last spelling tests.
It didn't even hit me when I wrote on the last pages of my plan book.
BUT TODAY...it hit me!
It hit when I started taking down the butcher paper from the bulletin boards,
the "final" step in un-doing everything I did this last year in 2nd grade.
One staple-remover swipe at a time...gone, gone, gone.
I just stood there in my barren classroom and that's when it hit me. Hard.
Holy moley...I am going to miss these kids! What will I do without them?
I honestly could not have wished for a better group of kiddos this year!
I feel SO blessed and I am NOT ready AT ALL to let them go.
How can I possibly love another class more? :)
This year has been 120% about them.
Everything I did, I did with them in mind.
Every hour spent after school, every dollar spent out of my own pocket
was all completely worth it!
Today, Kaitlyn asked "which kids will you miss the most."
I thought, and thought...
and then I started naming off a few names...
And kept going, and going, and going.
ALL OF THEM! I will miss ALL of them the most!
sigh. Life is wonderful! :)
3 comments:
Seriously. Tears. Flowing. Today.
Awww, that is really sweet. You are a natural born teacher and very fortunate to have a career that you love.
I wish you could be Carter's second grade teacher in a few years.
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