Longing

The view as I entered the school building a few days ago.

Here is what my Brave Teacher heart is longing for:

I'm longing for a Paper Grading Fairy.
I'm longing to have my professional expertise trusted.
I'm longing for a school that embraces my philosophy about teaching and kids.






I'm longing for someone to notice how insanely patient I am with 9 and 10 year olds.
I'm longing for someone to notice how insanely patient I am with other adults.

I'm longing for a job that does not produce so much anxiety and sadness within me.


I'm longing to spend a whole day at school just teaching--without meetings, counseling, parenting, nursing, mediating, mountains of paperwork and all the other stuff I didn't know teachers had to do.


I'm longing to travel the country in an Airstream inspiring teachers to keep going and heal and trust their brave hearts.  {This is the dream of my heart.  I want to help teachers paint and paste  and breath and write their way to their most fulfilled life.}



What are the longings of your heart?

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