Laughter, Glue, Scissors, and Song

 

Mama Kat posted an interesting question for this week's writing prompt: what do you love most about your job?

 

When I think of my job there are two sides to it. There's the laughter, the area within my four walls I call my classroom. We cut with scissors, we glue, and we laugh. We learn what it's like to be a friend. We discover new abilities and ideas. We dance. We sing. Sometimes we even fall down and bump our knee...but in that moment there's always someone around to pick ya back up, dust you off, and help you carry on.

 

That's what I love about my job. I love the fact that the good Lord not only gave me 4 of my own biological children but that each year I get another dozen of great kids to love, cherish, and grow with. I love that I get to be a kid over and over again. I love sharing life with the innocent. And since I also get to work with kids with special needs, I get to see what it's like to really work for what a kid has. Sometimes when I face a difficult moment in life I think about my kids in class and all the struggles they go through but they don't ever give up, they simply keep going.

 

The other side of my job, well, it's the side that deals with the other adults. It's about me learning how to be grown up. It's about me learning my own strengths and weaknesses. It's about me learning that I need others to help me be better than who I am today. It's the side of my job that doesn't always leave me with happy feelings inside but it's definitely the side that stretches me and helps me to grow.

 

I can see where both sides of this job are important, necessary. And I can see why I love my job so. Sometimes I think I'd be better off behind a desk, pushing papers, making phone calls and leaving it all behind come quitin' time but then I remember the laughter from the day and I realize there is no better place for me thatn sitting in the floor, legs criss-crossed applesauce enjoying a good book about a mouse and cheese, living up the good life. :)

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Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop: Reverse Bucket List

Bucket lists are a great thing, I even have one on this blog, but what an outstanding idea for a whee little coward like me to write a reverse bucket list; a list of things I DO NOT want to do in life. 
*Breathe's a sigh of relief*
I've never been much of a dare devil, I have no need for high speed activities or pushing the limits, unless it comes to working out, but there again, I always seem to fall on the cautious side of things. So, when given the idea of a list of activities I'll stay far, far away from...I smile, I glow, finally a world that understands me.
Carrigan's Joy Reverse Bucket List - 
1. I will never ride any type of moving vehicle that goes up and down hundreds of feet, criss crossing every which way with the only hope of making you scream, puke, or pee yourself. No thanks, baby, no roller coasters for me.
2. I will never swim with sharks. I see no need to dip this precious, curvy body into the deep, dark depths of the ocean and leave myself out there like a sweet little worm on a hook for some prehistoric water swimming beast to eat me. No.
3. I will never travel to the Arctics, exploring the vast, cold, loneliness of ice...and whales. I shiver when I even think of it.
4. I will never travel to New York to huddle myself alongside the masses while waiting for that big, beautiful ball to drop. I'd rather stay cozy and comfy on my couch than risk freezing a pinkie toe off while bringing in the new year.
5. I'll never stomp through the jungles of Africa or sail the ocean blue in a paddle boat trying to beat some sort of record. I'll never capture snakes for their venom or ride side saddle on an elephant {I have ridden the regular way on a elephant though}. I'll probably even skip over preforming brain surgery, a knee replacement, and removing some poor guys gall stones, but if I am every needed to help save someone's life by giving CPR or rushing a neighbor to the hospital I certainly can do that, it's just the surgical side of things I don't enjoy.
And there we have it, my reverse bucket list, the things you will NEVER see me do in this life time. Thanks again for Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop for this weeks prompts.
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You Know You're A Momma When...

You know you're a Momma when....

1. Your life turns up side down when you see two pink lines on an EPT.

2. Your thoughts turn from yourself and central around the family you've been blessed with.

3. Your mind and body manage to work on practical no sleep...ever again.

4. You worry about those little people when they're not with you only to be annoyed by all their fighting once you all get in a car together.

5. Holidays take on a new meaning...it's no longer what presents you receive but the joy on the faces as your kids rip into them, maybe even a few days earlier, screaming, "awesome, Christmas...wow, wow!"

6. That even though you're heart is broken when your 9 year old pouts because you serve him healthy foods    rather than cookies, you know what's best and you keep trying to encourage him to eat his vegetables while planning his favorite taco meal for later in the week.

7. Your love grows even more for your spouse because you hear him in the bed w/ the little one, making her giggle and laugh before she starts her day.

8. Before you even understand the great gift you've been given, the unbelievable responsibility, and the unconditional love you'll experience, you've become a Mom, and it's through the roller coaster of moments that you get to realize what it's all about to be that special Mother. 

Thanks to Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop for this prompt!

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