Teacher Trinity

According to Webster's Dictionary,  the Definition of  prepare is as follows. 1 a :  to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity prepare  food for dinner b :  to put in a proper state of mind is  prepared  to listen 2 :  to work out the details of  :  plan in advance preparing  a campaign strategy 3 a :  to put together  :  COMPOUND prepare  a prescription b :  to put into written form prepare  a report As a teacher I am quickly discovering that being prepared is of the upmost importance. Because and I quote, "Those who fail to plan, plan to fail." So, with all this in mind I am so thankful for the gift of time that I have been given between the end of one job and the beginning of the other. Not time to sit around twiddling my thumbs but time to prepare for the start of the school year. Truth be told I was given a stack of curriculum and the school calendar a few ...

When I was a little girl I thought I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher. Or a missionary to Africa.  Those dreams changed over the years and for better or worse faded. When it came time to pick a major I first chose Psychology thinking that I wanted to do play therapy with kids, but I quickly determined that I did not have the emotional strength required for such a career. Some how I ended up studying Communications and Media Broadcasting and graduated with a BA and dreams of directing live T.V. or maybe even being the next Ellen or Oprah. Yeah, none of those things transpired. Mostly because I never really pursued it post graduation. What did I do? Oh, so many various jobs that I have lost track of them all but here are a few that stand out; Children's Ministries Director, Youth Pastor (oh wait I am a woman so...)Director, Missionary to Rome, English Teacher, Direct Sales and Sales, Secretary, Housekeeping, and seriously a bunch more jobs. I have loved them and hated them I hav...