Lets start at the very begining, its a very good place to start...

At long last, I have returned to the blogging world and truly I feel good about this. I feel like I have something to write about. Life is crazy, tops-turvy, insane and maybe if for no other reason I need this, I need reflection a voice to state the magnificent and the mundane.

I feel good about this. :)

So we can start at the moment, I have just finished my very first semester of teaching ( second grade/Indianapolis) and really when I imagine myself a year ago, I had no clue what I was getting into.

I was trying so hard to get into Teach For America because I knew it was something real, as cheesy as it seems it was something powerful where I could get my hands dirty in really helping someone do something. I really am not that impressive of a person so while I wanted it so bad I never imagined I would get into fancy shmancy TFA and then finally I did.

I was never prepared for the whirlwind of institute, I remember that first real moment when I took a students the first time to give a reading test, I felt like I was playing a game of pretend when I told them I was going to be their teacher.

but here I am 94 days of teaching under my belt and I love every day ( well almost every day ;) ) I have an absolutely fantastic class of 21 second graders. Everyday we sing, we read stories in excited voices and we count on our fingers. Everyday I feel so lucky to be here, to be trusted to teach, to be able to have the opportunity to teach children.

In the mean time, I still am working on really figuring out this teacher thing, while simultaneously having an sort of a normal life/ figuring out how to plan a wedding.

I look forward to talking again.

Merry Christmas
-Lauren