i reminisced over my blog posts yesterday, which was fun, but it was also very informative. i started writing on this blog several years ago. partly because i was bored. but i also started this blog because i love to write. that’s why i originally thought i wanted to work in the news. i wanted to write and tell people’s stories. but then i realized news demands so much of a person – it demands time. i wasn’t a huge fan of the hours, but there are times that i absolutely miss that job. i miss the adrenaline rush of gathering information for a new story. i miss talking to lots of different people every day. and oddly enough, i miss people hanging up on me. strange, but it comes with the territory.
anyway, i went back to school in 2009 to get my teaching degree. i felt a huge void in my life. i was working with kids at church and in other areas of my life, but i wasn’t really WORKING with kids. i did a lot of research and decided that a master’s degree in teaching was the best way to go. the program i got into took a year and a half to complete, which was awesome. i needed a job and really wanted to pursue my true passion of working with kids. well, as many of you know, it all worked out. i graduated from my program in december of 2010 and received my master of art’s in teaching degree. i’m now working on a daily basis in a 5th grade classroom. i love my fifth graders. (:
but now that i’m working with kids on a daily basis, i can’t help but listen to my heart. i work with kids in a variety of areas of my life and absolutely love it. not to say that kids don’t get on my nerves sometimes, but i do truly love the kids that are in my life. lately, i’ve felt this tug on my heart to do something more. to get more involved in some type of kid’s ministry. i have a student in my class this year that has a really hard time reading. i can’t help but feel that it’s my job to bring him all the way to grade level. that’s a lofty goal because he’s about 3 grade levels off the pace. and that’s when it hit me. i would love to do something in my community or neighborhood to help children learn to read. i want to connect with them. some kids only need 15 minutes with an adult. they need to hear an adult read. and read well. then they can pick up the words and figure out the whole reading thing on their own. but they just need an adult’s time. i don’t have a ton of time to give, but since i’m working in an area that i love, i really do feel like i have more time to offer than is probably actually the case. sounds strange, i know.
i’m hopeful that this idea will be fruitful in the future. maybe it starts as a small, home group activity and grows into something bigger. if you have ideas or if you’re interested in helping this idea come to life, let me know. at this point, i can’t think beyond the actual idea. but i don’t want to let it go. i would love the help with this and know many children in this community would feel the true benefits of a program like this. fingers crossed it comes to life…
