Tag: dailyprompt

What makes a teacher great?

I love this topic so much because I had the best teacher ever growing up. She was a person who I trusted and she helped me so much. She was kind, caring, compassionate and understanding. I loved spending time with her. She helped me love reading and she made it possible for me to read as many books as I could. She always smiled at me and made me feel so good when I often felt terrible.

I work with teachers at school and the ones that I love and respect are the ones who really love and care about their students. They are flexible so if someone is having a hard time they stop their teachings and do what is best for their students. They build up trust and stand in the corners of their students.

It’s hard to be a teacher in this day and age. You need consistency as well as a balance of caring and compassion. Once you build up that trust the children respect you more and you can work so much better with them. ❤️

What are your daily habits?

I start my day off with gratitude and prayer. I pray for my day and what’s happening at work, with friends etc. This is what grounds me everyday. I love thinking about 3 things everyday I’m grateful for. Gratitude changes your mindset. I put on all my drug free patches and take my dog out.

How important is spirituality in your life?

My Spirituality is everything to me in my life. Without it I would not be alive today. In fact I would not have survived my life with the Lord in it. I saw where He protected in so many ways growing up. I love the Lord with all my heart. He’s the greatest part of my life.

My Spirituality keeps me grounded. It gives me peace. The path I’m on is part of the Lord’s way. It’s not always been easy my life but it’s easier when I have JESUS in my life.

How do you practice self-care?

Self care is very important to me because I work a very busy job and I need down time, especially when I come home from work. I take time out for me. I love to read or taking a walk.  I love music and I especially love to blog. It relaxes me and makes me feel calm. I love hanging out with friends and just laughing. I love spending time with my dog and tending to my patio garden. After self care I then feel rejuvenated and ready to tackle the world again. ❤️

How do you waste the most time every day?

My biggest time waster everyday is me scrolling through my Instagram or Facebook. I’ve been convicted by this lately. I started not being on social media on Sundays about a year ago and I love that I don’t have to worry about what is happening online. I am thinking of adding another day to this. It’s nice to unplug for the day.

I realized that there are so many other things I could do that day. I hang out with friends or go visit my mom. I have picked back up reading again and I love to sit and read it’s so relaxing. I have started writing more. I try to everyday. I have more time to spend with the Lord and listen to worship music. I look forward to my Sundays now. ✝️

Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?

I don’t have many happy memories from my childhood. Today of all days I went grocery shopping after physiotherapy. As I walked through the store I came across English peas in the pods. I brought some and decided to have some for lunch. As I opened the pods the peas were stuck in the pods. I pulled them out and ate them and immediately was transported back to when I was a little girl. The memories of sitting in the garden with my sister Lynn and eating the peas. Our dad used to grow them in his garden. He grew all sorts of things.

I love how you pull the peas out of the pods and they are sweet and perfect. We would run home from school and go and eat all sorts of veggies out of the garden. Our dad always wondered what happened to his peas. My sister and I would just laugh. What are the odds that I would experience this memory today as it’s the topic for today’s blog? That’s not a coincidence. ❤️

Describe one of your favorite moments.

One of my favorite moments of my life was meeting my mom after being separated from her for 12 years. I didn’t remember who she was as I was almost two when my brother and I were taken away from her. I will never forget that day as long as I live. The doors of the airport opened and this woman with red hair came running out of the crowd. She went over to my brother and hugged him. I just stood there.

I had dreamed about my mom for a very long time. What was she like? I can’t imagine how she felt after seeing her children after 12 years of separation . The man standing beside her was the man who became my dad in my life. Even though things were tough and hard at the beginning. She’s also the person who took my brother and I  in after all those years. I had a home and people who loved me, no matter what and who helped me with so many things I just didn’t know about. My life changed forever when I met my mom and my stepdad. ❤️

What is your favorite season of year? Why?

I love the summer time. I love that the days are longer and you can do so many more things. I love all the flowers and listening to the birds sing. I love I can explore new places. I love the beach and being in and around the water.

I don’t like that my home is so hot but now I have air so it’s better. As I’ve gotten older I sometimes have a harder time with the sun so I always wear a hat and I use electrolytes and stay hydrated. I love all the Vitamin D you get and your joints don’t hurt like they do in the other months.

One of my favorite things about summer is I’m off school for two months and I get to do respite care with my favorite kid. That makes me so happy. ❤️

I also get to do road trips with different friends which is fun and stay in cool places and hang out. Summer time makes me so happy. 🙂

What are the most important things needed to live a good life?

Life is precious so precious and I’ve learned never to take it for granted. For me the most important things needed to live a good life are knowing Jesus , reading the word and praying. Living in peace and being in relationships that are healthy. Having amazing friends to just be me with.

Working in a job that is both challenging and rewarding but something that you love. Having different communities to share my love and passions with. To stop and smell the flowers and listen to the birds sing and just slow down and enjoy what is around me.

So as I’m writing all of this. This is my life now and I love my life. It’s not complicated it’s just simple and I need to remember that. ❤️

Who do you spend the most time with?

When I’m at school during the week I spend my time with the children in my class and my teacher. I also spend time with other children as well. I’m around a lot of different children and adults.

On weekends I spend time with friends we usually go out for coffee to our favorite place. It’s right on the ocean . It’s peaceful there. I also have been spending time with my mom since she’s been recovering from knee surgery. I’ve been going over for coffee and we do lunches and then I shop for her. Today she came with me. It’s been nice hanging out with her.

When I’m at home I spend time with my Labradoodle and I also have a mini plush lop.

On holidays and during the summer I get to hang out with my favorite kid. I can’t believe he turns 11 in a couple of weeks. I love that kid so much. We always laugh and hang out together.

During the summer I get to see my friends who live up island and we go on our annual roadtrip.

I have a whole entire community to hang out with. I’m blessed to have many people in my life. ❤️