A Bittersweet Moment

Friday, was the last day of teaching career - for now anyway. I packed up most of my stuff, helped to hire a new teacher, did my best to giver her all the information that I could, and then walked away. I am not sad to be at home with Abby, to focus on the new addition to our family and to finally go to bed a night without lesson plans swimming in my head. The night before my last day, Abby woke up in the middle of the night and didn't seem to want anything. All she said was, "Mom, I miss you when you're at work." That made my last day a ton easier. Who doesn't want to go home to their child when that is what they think about in the middle of the night? A very common phrase at our house has always been, "I miss you mom." It used to break my heart, but over time it became just another way to say, "I love you."

Abby has been painting my pictures to take to my school and she keeps saying, "When are we going to your school?" Now she wants to go to school? She did come with me now and then after school while I got some things accomplished, and I will miss watching her tear apart the classroom, pretend to read the novels, color on the rug, and draw on the chalk board. I will miss the people that I have worked with and I will be forever grateful to the principal who gave me a chance at my first "Grown up" job. I have been very blessed to always have my family available to watch Abby. Sherry, my Mom, my Grandma, my Dad, all three brothers, Suzie, my neighbor, Gloria my mother in law, and probably more have all watched my child. I was lucky enough to always have someone who loved my child watch her. Thanks to everyone! We would never have made it through the last two and a half years without you! Onto the next chapter of my life!