Last day on campus!

Although these last few days have been survival mode  well last few weeks-I desperately wanted to take a moment and record some feeling from today.   Today was our last student teaching seminar. As I drove back up to campus a flood of emotions ran through my mind as I thought back to my first day back on campus in 2008. I was so scared and out of my comfort zone. I couldn't remember where any building was and everything had changed and had to been done online. I was overwhelmed, scared, and very unsure. I was sure I was going to get attacked!!!  Although I had worked in my home with photography and with people I felt like I had not studied...really studied to retain information in a long time. I studied like crazy to try to regain old study habits. It was weird it was like a part of my brain had gone to sleep. I vividly remember calling my Dad that first day of school and telling him how much work this was going to be and what a sacrifice for my family this was and how scared I was. He said to come visit him that weekend and my mom would help me with my homework!!! Ha and she did!  Last semester was by far the hardest of all taking all those practicums and losing him at the same time. I miss him this week. And although I know he's with me I wish he was physically. He pushed me so much to go back to school and knew it was something I wanted to do.  I look back at all the blessing I received during all of this time and how the Lord placed people in my life just at the right time from old friends to new college friends and certain teachers. My supervisor while I was student teaching was such a gift and helped me so much.  I couldn't have made it through any of this without them or without HIM.
So today after the crazy amount of emotions a few of my little college peeps came over to decorate our caps. It was so nice to take an hour and celebrate teaching!!!! YEAH!!!