The final countdown...

I am ending my first year at the high school and, although I have enjoyed it immensely, I will be glad that it is over. It has been a crazy year...my car accident in the fall, Javad's "incident" this Spring. I felt like the year was a perpetual wait for the other shoe to drop.

There have been many moments where this year has been filled with joy. The after school program  that two co-workers and I began was amazing...each and every day an incredible experience of success and improvement. It was an opportunity to build something...something that I hope grows year after year.

The roller coaster of emotions that I have experienced this year have been deep. They have been difficult to manage at times but I have been grateful for those who have held me in their hearts. Sometimes it is hard to see what you have, when you are focusing on the things you have lost.

In eight school days the year will be done. I will celebrate with a special group of students that I carried for two years in middle school. I am looking forward to rest, as so many teachers in this part of the year are...

Then preparations begins again for the year to come. It becomes the cycle that repeats but for now I'll just do the final countdown...