My "babies"

If you've ever heard me talk about my students you've heard me refer to them as my "babies." Generally at this point in the school year I am tired and ready to have my summer break, but the end of the year is so bittersweet for me. I always fall in love with my students and it is always so difficult to say good-bye to them. I love my students, I see the good in them, I root for them; I think about them on the weekends and I miss them when we have Christmas/Easter break. When they are in pain, I am in pain. When they have a celebration, I celebrate with them. Each one of my students is talented, beautiful and lovely. They all have sweet qualities about them and generally they make my life so much fuller. I'm not going to lie and say that I always enjoy them or that they behave perfectly for me, but they are mine. Yes I have days where I get irritated and sick of them asking me the same thing over and over, but at the end of the day, they have my heart. I feel lucky that God would entrust me with his children, for they are perfect in his sight. He created them exactly they way they are. I love them unconditionally.

I am not a parent yet, but I think that my students bring me as close to that role as possible. Until that day and as long as I am a teacher I'll always have tons of "babies." And I wouldn't have it any other way.

As luck would have it, I don't have to say goodbye to all my babies this year. I get to move up a grade and will have many of them next year.

Moral of the story--I am only excited about the return of summer!!!! The one month countdown begins!!!! WEO!