One of my niches

                I have been student teaching for four weeks now! I adore it. I am crazy busy and I definately have points where I get overwhelmed but it's great. I have always loved to learn and student teaching has been a wealth of knowledge. I have learned about not only student teaching but gained insights to spiritual matters.  I will be teaching all the lessons starting Monday. I am nervous but I realize my teacher will be right there and help me if needed and also I have taught lessons by myself before this point with her students and with my little pre k kids.  I love working with kids with special needs , it's challenging but so fulfilling.  Being busy also helps me to not have time to be down in the dumps or depressed as much. Of course , I have my moments of decompression. But being able to feel respected and helpful and more and working hard helps me feel better about myself. I have also been able to see more of who I am in the last month or two and I am beginning to like myself. What a thought! I am beginning to see those positive attributes that everyone else so and I just didn't believe it. There are things I want to change and need to work on but... I am a step in the right direction. 

I have come to some peace that change doesn't happen all at once , it happens in pieces and you have to celebrate every little piece or step you make.  I have to recognize those victories or I'll get stuck in the mode of seeing a far off goal that feels so far a way sometimes. But if every step we take is like a puzzle piece , it helps to complete our goal.