First Post!

Hello folks! Let me start off by telling you a little about myself. I am a fifth grade  Reading and Language Arts teacher (I know, I know...) and I just started my second year of teaching. So, I am still a 'little green' (lol). Growing up, my dream was to become a teacher. It took a lot longer than I had hoped, but it happened and I am so thankful that God has given me the opportunity to impact a child's life on a daily basis. I absolutely love my job (challenges, evaluations, Common Core, and all)! This has really been a life changing experience for me and I would change the profession I chose for anything.

So, I decided to start blogging about my journey and experiences as a teacher. You'll read about things that not only happen in the classroom, but in my world in general. Speaking of 'my world'...I am a dedicated Christian who absolutely loves the Lord and everything that goes along with being a light in this world. I love sharing my life with people and trying, in some way, to inspire them to live a life full of Christ, love, peace, forgiveness, and hope.

I am HAPPILY married to my high school sweetheart for 13 years and we have a 5 year old son who started kindergarten this year and we're all so excited. My family means everything to me. I love being a wife and mother to two of the most amazing people in the world. Our greatest adventures are simply when we're spending family time together doing whatever, whether it be playing Frisbee, watching movies, riding our bikes or just taking a Sunday afternoon car ride.

I'm absolutely excited about starting this blog. I hope that this will become a regular thing for me because I love reading other teacher's blogs and I learn so much. I hope that my blog will be helpful to you as well.

Happy blogging and God bless!