Senior Year Blog - archived

It's Friday! I have always looked forward to Fridays, but they have become even more sacred since I've started student teaching. Don't ask me how, but I always get a boost of energy on Friday morning. Today was great! We didn't have any casualties or fits. Overall, it was a very successful day. The most important part is that we were actually able to plan things for next week. In the teaching profession, that is a MAJOR accomplishment. Yes, we even amazed ourselves! I have now completed a week and a half of my student teaching. I think that brings me down to like 70 days. Ha ha! Don't laugh at me. I can't believe how fast it is actually going. I'm trying very hard to cherish this moment in time, and to learn all that I can.

This has nothing to do with Friday, but one thing that I AM beginning to realize is how much I miss my close friends. (You know who you are J ) They graduated last year. None of them were able to come to Rose Sunday. It made me a little sad. I told them that I would forgive them, if they promised to be at graduation. Anyway, I wanted to write them a little note to let them know how much I love and miss them. I wrote the notes and I included a little piece of Rose Sunday; a petal from my rose. Aw! I know, I know...I'm so sweet. (I hope that they aren't reading this before their cards arrive.) I can't wait for them to see the cards. I love my girls! Judson brought us together.  How does that saying go? "You never realize what you really have until it is gone." The weekends are the worst time to miss close friends, but so. I'm just happy that we made memories that will last long after we are gone. For those, I am truly grateful. "Friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the Lord of them....Though it's hard to let you go, in the Father's hands we know that a lifetime's not too long to live as friends".

Hello again :) As I stated in my previous blog, yesterday (Sunday) was Rose Sunday. It was AMAZING! It is always great. This Rose Sunday was extra special, because it was my last one. Even though I may attend other Rose Sundays, this was the last one for me as a student. I actually made it through the entire ceremony, including the serenade, without shedding a tear. Just like high school senior hood, the feeling of the first of your last days is somewhat overwhelming. It is hard to enjoy being a senior and enjoying your last days on campus, while you are student teaching. I don't really have the chance to be around my friends as much as I would like. It is really hard being away from campus most of the day.  

I know that I said I didn't cry, but there was definitely a time when I almost lost it. We have big and little sisters that make up our families at Judson. Well, my big sister is long graduated, and my little sister moved to another school. Yes, I'm a loner. :(  I still keep in touch with both of them. They are and forever will be dear to my heart! (I love MLS & MBS) My little sister decided to come back to campus for Rose Sunday. It totally made my weekend! The sweetest thing of all was that she had the honor of pinning my rose to my gown. That is when I almost lost it! It was something about my little sister honoring me in that way that touched my heart. Judson will do that to you. It isn't so much about the individuals as it is more about the togetherness, "sisterhood". Make the best of your years" For we have yet a little while to linger, you and youth and I, in college (high school) days".  Ok, I have to go. I'm losing it at this very moment. Stay tuned! Maybe I can keep it together the next time.  Blessings!

Wow! Where has the time gone? It seems like I have been asking myself that a lot, lately. I'm sure you high school seniors know exactly what I'm talking about. Just like I can remember when I was just a freshman in college, I'm sure you can remember that first day of high school. Ugh! Sorry to tell you, but when it comes to the work and classes, high school is where you want to be. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking the same way all of us think at your age......I'm ready for some freedom. Well....with that freedom comes a lot of responsibility. Ok, ok. I guess that is enough of me sounding like your parents. I guess that is the teacher side coming out. Yes, I'm an Elementary Education major. This is my last semester.  I'm very excited, but I feel OLD! Although I may not know what the future has in store for me, I am so thankful for the present.

Yep, you guessed it. I'm presently at Judson! I definitely don't have all of my life planned and figured out, but I do know that it was God's will for me to be here. I came from a small city, in northwest Alabama. My graduating class consisted of about 80 people.  When I started scouting colleges, I was not looking for the more popular college atmosphere. Of course I wanted the fun, exciting, and memorable experience. I didn't want to experience the University party life.  Like a lot of people, I had never heard of Judson, before my best friend started here. The traditions, small classes, and caring professors won me over. If I have regretted anything that has to do with Judson, it would be not coming my freshman year. Now it is my senior year, and last semester. Therefore, I am student teaching.

Being and elementary teacher was definitely always my answer to the infamous question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  I truly believe that this profession is a calling. I believe that NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE! Whew! There are so many things that a teacher handles with a smile on her face that any other person couldn't. I'm serious! Wednesday was my first day. It was and wasn't what I expected, all at the same time. I encountered everything from a child flailing around on the floor, because he didn't get his way, to children being extra silly just because they could. Even though it was a rather interesting day, I wouldn't have had it any other way. It was one more step into the right direction.

Well I better end this first blog. I have to get ready for the first, last Rose Sunday. It WILL be bittersweet. Stay tuned for more exciting times in the days of student teaching and senior hood. To reiterate my blog title, my sunshine has come. It is time for me to rise, like the sun,  to the occasion of being a better person as I prepare for the rest of my life. God Bless!