Insomnia reflections

Landon was in 3rd grade this year.

I had Mrs. Cannon in 3rd grade, had this happened when I was his age, I would have lost 8 weeks with one of the most influential women of my life.

Fast forward to High School, I'd loose valuable time with Mrs. Ratcliff, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Pickle, Mrs. Scott or Mrs. Duty Those women are why I chose to teach. They even influenced my major in College.

I couldn't write a coherent thought on paper properly until them.

Remove their influence and you change the entire trajectory of my life.

My hometown peeps, can y'all imagine Biology 2 without Mr. Gilchrist walking us through the dissections in that class daily or studying Chemistry for Mr. Nash or Mr. Markin from home? 
I would have failed. End of discussion.

Pick any High School Math class, I would have either failed it or passed by the skin of my teeth if it was sent home for me to learn independently.

Even with amazing parent support, it took so much time, love and support from my teachers for me to be successful.

I had ZERO confidence in my ability at that age. It wasn't my parents that taught me I can do it. It was my teachers. I can remember telling my mom "of course you think I'm smart, I'm your child".

When a teacher said I had a good idea; I knew they meant it.
They weren't paid to coddle me.
(My parents meant it also but you can't rationalize that with a sullen teenager. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️)

Even as adults, sometimes we just need an "attagirl" from someone other than our own DNA. It's human nature.

Here's the thing, our kids did it without daily "attagirls" and "attaboys"

THEY ARE ROCKSTARS!!!

They didn't like it, they whined and complained and acted like it was the hardest thing on Earth. For them it really was that hard, but they did it!!!!

Remind them they are rock stars, they need to be built up!!!! And because we are "just their parents", we've gotta make sure they know we're not saying just because we are mom or dad.

This life is scary and our kids are learning about scary and such a younger age than most of us.

Keep building them up they probably need lots of it.
They need those "attagirl" and "attaboys" so much more because right now their worlds have been turned upside down.