Ok. I have been thinking about how to begin this post for a while now, and none of the above sentences seem right. Even this one that I just decided to go with doesn't seem right, but whatev. I'm tired of thinking about it. So here it goes.
Many people know this already, but I am starting a new teaching position in the Fall.
wow.
That felt good.
I have been feeling like this is some big secret that I shouldn't be talking about because it feels so weird to say.
The end of this past school year was a bittersweet feeling. I was excited for summer and the opportunity to relax, but sad that it was my last year there.
The people I have met and worked with are wonderful. Those three years encompassed the hardest times I have even encountered in my life (might be some of the hardest times I ever encounter) and I couldn't have done any of it without the people on my team(s).
{And even some friendly people who were never on my team}
People have said to me on more than one occasion, "You are so strong", "You are so brave", "You have such integrity". But do you know what made me feel strong, brave, and full of integrity? Those people that supported me.
There's a good chance that those people are reading this right now. And if you are, thank you. You are the reason that I was able to come to work each day and be all those things. Your belief in me. Even when I didn't believe in myself, you were there to make me feel like I should.
And as I think about this new position that I am starting to prepare for, I have doubts that I can do it. That I am not good enough to do it. But I think of the kind words, and gestures from my friends there and I feel brave enough to try.
Thank you for your sweet words. Thank you for you kind gestures. Thank you for your support. But most of all, thank you for your belief that I am a good person and I can do what I know in my heart I am meant to be doing with my life.
:)
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