The Journey Begins

Today is day one of a year long (a little bit more) journey to transform myself from a classroom teacher of 26 years, into a school librarian. 

Just about one year ago, my son informed me that he was joining the Army. Which was an answer to a prayer, just not the answer I had planned. I had been praying that he would have some direction and purpose in life. He was, after all, 20 years old. I was thinking it would be nice for God to answer this prayer with Tim getting a full time job, or to start taking classes at the local community college, or some such convention. Three weeks after I began praying about this, he informed me that he was going to see a recruiter. Helloooo God, THIS was not what I had in mind. Fast forward to the end of the summer of 2014 and I am dropping my one and only son off at the recruiter's office so he can be shipped halfway across the country (no, he has never flown, thank you) to go to Army Basic Training in Oklahoma. So this single mom of one fresh Army recruit drives to school for the first day of teacher week, crying my eyes out. 

Now here I am some nine and a half months later starting a library cohort, so that in just over a year, I too can be a school librarian. I felt the pull to make a change, I just wasn't sure what that was. A good friend of mine joined a cohort last spring/summer. Now she is almost finished and has accepted a job as a librarian for the next school year.  After talking with her, much prayer and consideration, I find myself here, on the first day of school.  Again! 

This next year will go by, whether I am in school, or not.  Whether I am making a change or not. But I am making a change, and I for one, am excited (and nervous). But excited nonetheless. If you try to reach me this next year and I am slow returning your emails, Facebook messages, texts, or phone calls it will be because I am in my chrysalis. Changing is hard work. Especially for an old caterpillar like me!