Sunday, June 10, 2018
I have taken a few weeks to process the freedom of being done with school. I have taken an extra break as I process the freedom that came with the ending of this particular school year. I did write a post last week, but it was not very nice. I wrote mostly about why I feel so liberated. I focused a great deal on the freedom that has come with a situation that I dealt with my two years prior to this year and although all that I wrote was true, I did not want to risk offending anyone. I have also been processing the sadness that my time being over with my class from this year. Even tonight as I think about it being Sunday I still am having a bit of sadness knowing that I will not see my sweet kiddos anymore. Last Wednesday we finished our school year doing what we do best, having so much fun! We had a carnival day filled with games and other fun activities. As each student left my resolve to keep the tears in became harder and harder. It only got worse as the parents started crying as they thanked us for how much their child learned and loved school this year. One of my sweet boys (his mom posted a picture of FB with myself and him if you saw it) when it was time for him to leave his dad asked him to go take a picture with me. He wrapped his arms tight around my neck and unprompted said "Mrs. (W)riggs, I am going to miss you." It made my heart both soar and sink. Tears of joy and sadness escaped my eyes. One of my favorite things as a teacher is watching my students as they grow from year to year and I know I will not get to see that with these students.
Last Sunday Jeremy and I celebrated 18 years of being married. Jeremy had been sick for several days, so we took and easy and celebrated by going to Chick-Fil-A Saturday night and cleaning out my front flower beds and planting flowers. Monday morning Sam, Emma, and I had to go to Sam's high school and pick up his summer reading homework. I spent the rest of Monday and all day Tuesday and Wednesday cleaning out closets and drawers and Emma and I worked on going through containers in the garage. It was so much work and it was not kind to my body, but it is something that has to be done. Trash pickup on Thursday was quite the sight! Wednesday night Jeremy and I went to the Cubs game. We have been going to a Cubs game our anniversary week for about 14 years. Our first was before Samuel came home. When we lived in TN we would drop the kids off at my parent's house and spend the weekend in Chicago. I love the Cubs and I love going to Wrigley Field. If we ever move from Chicago I will definitely miss those moments. It was a late night and I had an early morning because I had agreed to go on a field trip with Chloe's class on Thursday. The field trip was downtown at a huge park called Maggie Daley Park. The kids had fun, but it made me pretty anxious. This park is huge with huge play places and kids are all over the place. Thankfully Chloe was wearing a yellow emoji bag on her back, so she was easy to spot. It was pretty warm on Thursday and being outside with a bunch of 5th graders wore me out! Friday morning the girls and I went to our new school for the girls to take a tour of it. One of the things a student has to do to be accepted into the school is for the parents to attend one of their worship (chapel) services. This is part of their admission process because they want parents to know without a doubt that Jesus is gloried and exalted in their school. We had to be there at 8:00 Friday morning so we had to leave the house by 6:45. It took 45 minutes to get there so we were there in plenty of time, but I think I have mentioned before that I hate driving 😓 and I had never driven there before and it's really close to downtown, so we left a little earlier than necessary. One of the anxieties I am fighting is the incredibly long commute each day during the school year. The drive wasn't terribly bad. When school starts I will drop Samuel off at his school and then a few more miles toward downtown to our school. We pull in the parking lot (YES! the school close to downtown has a parking lot!) and I prayed that the Lord would give the girls and I peace. It is never easy (well at least for me) to start a new thing. The girls and I will be starting over getting to know new people and new routines and that kind of freaks me out. As we experienced the worship service and toured the school the Lord gave me so much peace. I know that as long as I am being obedient to Him it will all work out better than we could ever imagine. There is a grocery store across from the school so the girls and I went and got some donuts because we hadn't eaten anything. We drove home and I worked on getting my house in order some more. This week the kids and I will be packing our bags to attend Camp Hope next week! Praying you all have a great week!
Last Sunday Jeremy and I celebrated 18 years of being married. Jeremy had been sick for several days, so we took and easy and celebrated by going to Chick-Fil-A Saturday night and cleaning out my front flower beds and planting flowers. Monday morning Sam, Emma, and I had to go to Sam's high school and pick up his summer reading homework. I spent the rest of Monday and all day Tuesday and Wednesday cleaning out closets and drawers and Emma and I worked on going through containers in the garage. It was so much work and it was not kind to my body, but it is something that has to be done. Trash pickup on Thursday was quite the sight! Wednesday night Jeremy and I went to the Cubs game. We have been going to a Cubs game our anniversary week for about 14 years. Our first was before Samuel came home. When we lived in TN we would drop the kids off at my parent's house and spend the weekend in Chicago. I love the Cubs and I love going to Wrigley Field. If we ever move from Chicago I will definitely miss those moments. It was a late night and I had an early morning because I had agreed to go on a field trip with Chloe's class on Thursday. The field trip was downtown at a huge park called Maggie Daley Park. The kids had fun, but it made me pretty anxious. This park is huge with huge play places and kids are all over the place. Thankfully Chloe was wearing a yellow emoji bag on her back, so she was easy to spot. It was pretty warm on Thursday and being outside with a bunch of 5th graders wore me out! Friday morning the girls and I went to our new school for the girls to take a tour of it. One of the things a student has to do to be accepted into the school is for the parents to attend one of their worship (chapel) services. This is part of their admission process because they want parents to know without a doubt that Jesus is gloried and exalted in their school. We had to be there at 8:00 Friday morning so we had to leave the house by 6:45. It took 45 minutes to get there so we were there in plenty of time, but I think I have mentioned before that I hate driving 😓 and I had never driven there before and it's really close to downtown, so we left a little earlier than necessary. One of the anxieties I am fighting is the incredibly long commute each day during the school year. The drive wasn't terribly bad. When school starts I will drop Samuel off at his school and then a few more miles toward downtown to our school. We pull in the parking lot (YES! the school close to downtown has a parking lot!) and I prayed that the Lord would give the girls and I peace. It is never easy (well at least for me) to start a new thing. The girls and I will be starting over getting to know new people and new routines and that kind of freaks me out. As we experienced the worship service and toured the school the Lord gave me so much peace. I know that as long as I am being obedient to Him it will all work out better than we could ever imagine. There is a grocery store across from the school so the girls and I went and got some donuts because we hadn't eaten anything. We drove home and I worked on getting my house in order some more. This week the kids and I will be packing our bags to attend Camp Hope next week! Praying you all have a great week!
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