Over the years, May has been a month for me of great sadness and great joy. I like to say with the ending of seasons in life comes the beauty of the next season. When winter comes to an end —the blooming of spring awaits. When spring comes to an end —the sun rises even higher leaving us with longer days and even greener grasses. When summer ends —we get the beautiful colors of autumn leaves. When autumn’s leaves have fallen—we receive longer days and sometimes beautiful winter white snow.

There are seasons even in life and with those seasons—there are shifts. I feel a shift coming. A beautiful shift that calls me to lean into my word for 2024. That word is ROOTED 🌳.

You see, when you get to the roots of a plant 🌱 you often have to tend to them. You may have to change the soil, take time to water it and give it what it needs to get back to that healthy, thriving beautiful plant that it once was. That means going back to the roots of it all—slowing down and getting to a grounded place. A shift is coming. I can feel it.

Field Day 2017.

This picture. 🤣😂

When it comes to field day I’m a little bit competitive. My first grade class rocked it though and were proud of themselves for doing their absolute best. There were times when they were tired and I assured them we were almost there! They pulled and pulled. I coached them and coached them. We did win either 🥇 or was it second? 🤔 (circa 2017) But I pushed them to pull their hardest and they did.

Even when you feel that you have come to the end of your rope—professionally, personally, spiritually, keep pulling and believing. There are folks rooting for you along the sidelines. Keep pulling. Tap into your community—your circles. Your win is coming 🏆!

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When I first was blessed with the title of an Instructional Coach, getting to know the teachers and building relationships with them was a priority for me. It took time as all relationships do.

During the first part of one of our professional developments that I facilitated—I read to them. I read them portions of the book, The Best Part of Me, by Wendy Ewald. I decided to invite them to write about the best parts of themselves as teachers and they did. Afterwards, they allowed me to take pictures of their best parts. Some of them chose their hands, their heart, their minds—what this activity did was bring them back to their passion and their purpose as educators. We all need that from time to time. This helped me to connect with the teachers, get to know them more, and continue to build relationships with them.

I was blessed by this activity and I hope they were too!
Circa 2017

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