I am in a little bit of disbelief that I have put off this blog for so long. I was consistently writing and then, BAM, I pulled a Carvey. I know I have kept my readers on the edge of their seats for the next blog post.
The past two months have been truly great. I can remember being lost, confused and frustrated in January, but I quickly transitioned out of that funk and into a smooth rhythm. I have been doing my best to finish well at Vanguard and I have succeeded to some degree. I was never the task-oriented, focused teacher I was supposed to be, so the past four months were mainly spent finishing well with the students at Vanguard. The majority of my students are seniors and I have enjoyed getting to know the Class of 2008. I was able to take multiple golf trips with the seniors and go on the class trip. These events opened the door for opportunities to try and encourage and bless different individuals in the class. I house-sat for a family who went through a tragedy last year. I committed to praying for this family and I was always hoping that I would get the chance to spend more time with the boys. The Lord opened the door and it happened. In the moment, I didn't even recognize that the Lord was providing opportunities with these guys, but he did it! There are too many instances like that where the Lord worked through my own naivety to bless these kids. I still failed in many ways: said things I shouldn't have said, laughed when I shouldn't have laughed and missed opportunities to encourage these kids. There is really no reason to focus on what I should have done, that will get me nowhere. I am choosing to believe that the Lord used me somehow to lead some of these kids to him.
Many of these students have become friends of mine. Over the past three years, I have spent so many hours with them in class, on golf trips, and during break when they would invade my classroom. They know me really well and I know them really well. Many of the seniors are going to Baylor and I couldn't be more excited about the opportunity to continue to see them and go play a round of golf with them. I know I will probably be a lost thought to most of them in a couple of months (Who was that young teacher? Mr....uh....Chevy? I can't remember...). But, I hope that I will be able to see a few of them in the future. The photo is not of seniors, ironically, but of a few sophomores and I at a spring dance.
