for 20 years i have had my “dream” job... a full time wife & mother. granted with a lot of other side gigs also... photography jobs, graphic design stuff, some part time teaching jobs through the years. but my main job was running the “marshall family nonprofit division”, trying to keep three at risk youth (& their at riskier parents) off the streets. & sometimes i did a good job. & sometimes i slacked on the job. but let's not look at the outcomes too closely. the story hasn't finished being told yet. on any of us...
but the writing is on the wall. the jig is almost up. the frost in on the pumpkin. my position is being fazed out. little bit by little bit. & to tell the truth there are a lot of things that i do that these three incorrigible youth need to be doing on their own. LIKE PICKING UP THEIR OWN TOWELS & PUTTING THEIR DIRTY DISHES IN THE DISHWASHER. & it might be a good thing for their chief dishwasher & towel picker upper to have something else to occupy her time...
& so in typical God fashion (which is to treat me like the village idiot that i am & take me gently & lovingly by the hand & lead me into the NEXT thing He has prepared for me) a new opportunity... a new adventure has opened up. & i have jumped in with both feet.
i have been offered a position teaching drama at raa middle school. a performing arts magnet school. & what you may not know about me is that when i was a overly dramatic teenager myself, i used to tape record (yes, cassette tape record) the entire audio portion of the television show FAME & then act out the show in my room. & who was i most often portraying in these renditions of that classic television fare... i was always the teacher. usually debbie allen the dance teacher (only because she was in every episode.) but i did love mr. crandall the drama teacher. & the show where the students & faculty are singing their goodbyes to him (in the song starmaker) was one of my favorite shows EVER. when i looked it up on youtube & watched it before linking to it here, i remembered EVERY word. & sang along. & i can't remember my own kids' cell phone numbers.
i fully expect my own drama students to write ballads to sing to me...
so that has kind of occupied my summer. studying for the certification exam. & now preparing to re-enter the classroom. after a 20 year hiatus. i am super excited, giddy, & slightly nauseous. it is going to be a bit of a lifestyle change for me. & my family. a lot less freedom in my daily schedule. & a lot more discipline needed to get everything done. but i do so love a new adventure...