Today was my last day of school. Wow! That was difficult. However, it truly hasn’t sunk in yet. As I sit here at my desk at school and type this entry, it seems like any normal evening, but then I stop and realize…I will not see my boys again. I can feel the lump in my throat and the tears well up in my eyes. Not really because I am sad, more because I am proud! I begin to reminisce about what it was like when each of them came here, some not too long ago, others it seems like forever. Nonetheless, they have all come so far! Academically, behaviorally, and socially! Each one with such distinct personality all their own… not a single one even close to another! That I love! That I will miss!!!! (tears on my keyboard…I am such a girl!) I start to wonder “will my students in Guyana be anything like my students here? Will we form the bonds and see the growth? Will I make a difference in even one child’s life? Or parent’s life for that matter?” There are so many questions that I can’t wait to seek the answers to.
The staff here is wonderful and they all threw me a little goodbye party! Thanks guys! My kids and classroom staff made me the best gifts to take. A shirt they signed with hearts on their back (because one of my students told his grandma “I give Ms. Grigsby my heart”… goodness he melts me!!! ) They framed a picture of us being silly like we always are (see below) and made me a school bag with all their hand prints so they will be my little helpers always! A special thanks to Miss. Sarah for all of her patience!!! You are a gift from god! This was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make and I hope that all my dreams come true!!!
I am such a dork!
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