Funny thing this life

So you work hard. You build relationships. You spend your days doing the best you can. Then one day you wake up and wonder; "When did the road take this turn?" teachers were once the most trusted professionals. If you listen to the news these days, teachers are a lousy lot. Some teachers are lousy. Some teachers are fantastic. There is no clear definition for what a "good" teacher is. It seems illogical for anyone without teaching experience to be the evaluator of the entire profession. Of late it feels I am at the short end of every stick. The beliefs I held regarding my personal and professional life, well it is a mess. Follow my bliss. This is the comment I receive from the person who stole my road map. A parent who has never met me shows up and proceeds to threaten me if I don't acquiece to her child's every whim. Lawyers who I believed were representing me, well they are not. It appears they only want their money. The company hired by the district to look after their injured workers...well let's just say incompentent would be a compliment. It's OK though, I recognize this time of transition. Mommie always said the more you cry the less you pee. OK, I agree that is yet another of her rather odd sayings-just comes in handy when you can't find any other words. In fact I will emerge from this place and find out what the next phase of my life is supposed to be. We walk on. This is what we know to do. Though our hearts are heavy. Though we feel cheated and duped... We walk on! For myself and for my Mommie and for my Little Gram. Nothing and no one holds all the answers. Sometimes you just keep moving forward and you pray-and you cry more than you pee-whatever that means:)!Avoid the hypocrisy and the ignorance-celebrate life!