Teacher by Day

I am a wife and mom far above being a teacher.  I want to be home full time.  I want to keep a clean home.  I want to take my children on day trips.  I want to create new recipes.  I want to learn how to sew.  I want to have time to do projects with my children.  I want to home school my children.  I want to be everything my children need me to be.  More importantly, I want to be everything my husband needs me to be.  I want to work out and stay fit for my husband.  I want to make him three meals a day.  I want to have time to write him love notes and hide them in his lunch.  I want to surprise him with lunch at work.   

With my heart at home, how do I enter my classroom in a few short days and be everything my students need me to be?  I certainly can not leave these thoughts of home at home.  They are too much a part of who I am.  I have to redirect them.  I have to focus on each of my students.  I have to love them as I want my own children to be loved while I am away from them.

I could certainly sit in my classroom and be bitter about my job.  Where would that get me?  Where would that get my students?  I choose to love my job.  I choose to be the best teacher I can be to each of my students.  I choose to be at work 100%.  I choose this because I love my students.  I choose this because it makes my hours at work go by faster.  I choose this because to be the best mom and wife, I have to be the best teacher too.  I choose this because God wants me to. 

I do love my job.  If I had to be anywhere other than home with my children, I would be in my classroom.  I am very blessed to have this career.  Many mamas who wish they were home, trudge off to work for a boss they don't like.  My boss is amazing.  My boss understands my desire to be with my children.  Many mamas go off to a job that feels pointless.  My job isn't always glamorous, but it is always rewarding.  My job makes a difference.  Many mamas barely make enough money to justify paying for a sitter.  My job pays me well and allows us to work through our financial goals.  Someday my job will bring me home.

If you wish you were home with your children, take a new perspective to work with you this year.  Plan to be the best employee and coworker possible.  Plan to enjoy your job.  When you get home, you will feel more fulfilled in your day.  You will be emotionally more stable for your husband and children.  Use those few short hours between work and sleep to really BE with your family. 

(As I head back into the working world my posts will be once a week instead of daily.  Stay with us to hear about how we balance life and continue working towards Bringin' Mama Home!  Happy New Year.)