Dare to Be Brave

I often tell my kids that you shouldn't live your lives for other people.  However, I often don't follow what I tell them.  One thing I have tried to show them through example, and sometimes fall short with, is to let go and let God take care of you.  I struggled with this after Jason died, after all, I had let God handle that one and I didn't like the way it ended.  I panicked tremendously when I had trouble at work the same year that he died.  But the one thing I can honestly say is that I'm getting better.  Going to work tomorrow, and all the trouble and stresses that I will meet when the Spring semester starts up, I am going to turn it over to God.  I will do my best to teach those children all that they need to know, even when their parents have a hard time seeing it.  After all, next year my evaluation will be partly based on how well they do (that's another blog entry).  

I saw a cartoon that totally summed up how I feel parents deal with schools.  I can't fix it, but I can teach those children.  And if the time comes when I have to leave teaching to do something else, I guess I'll have to trust that God has a plan.  It's the least I can show to my own children.  Trust in God, he's got a plan.