Friday, September 04, 2009

Right now

I'm at a point

beyond exhaustion.


Everyday

I hold back tears

that are inevitably coming.


Someday

I'll see that light

at the end of this dark tunnel.


But today

I can just hold on

And pray I'll make it through-

Right Now.


Everyone has always said your first year of teaching is the hardest. I expected it. But there are just some things that you can't be prepared for.

Please pray that I will continue to love what I'm doing ... and that my enthusiasm will outweigh my exhaustion. That my 12 hours a day in the classroom will pay off. That my countless hours planning at home will be evident in the implementation of my lessons.

And most importantly, that i will reach each child where they are at, and help them achieve what I know is in each one of them.