Period...

Picking up my daughter at her friends house I looked at her friends big sister in surprise at how she transformed from kid to little woman over the summer. Her mother and I stood there looking at her astounded by her beauty. We chatted as she looked on patiently waiting for her mom. I pulled away staring at my little girl knowing that she gets older and more mature each moment. I get a text from the mom telling me her daughter was waiting to tell her she just started her first period.

Periods are alway the start and the end of something of everything.

Tomorrow I start the first day of my new full time job. The first time that' I am not a full time mom and a part time something else. I am now a full time mom and a full time teacher. I am excited and scared and thrilled and saddened. I will no longer be able to be class mom or at every field trip, but I will always be just down the hall! It's a give and take. I always wanted to teach and I am so grateful for this opportunity.

This is my new beginning. I need to take my lessons and use them to create the life I want for my kids and myself. This is my capital letter after that very harsh period. This is me stepping into my new life in my new career.

I will showy kids how to move forward. I will show them how to learn and grow.

This is going to be an amazing capital letter.