Back to KCP!

In May, I was asked if I would be willing to consider coming back to Kids Count Preschool as a teacher.  I’ve had the past 2 full years off to stay at home with Paige and Ryan and I’ve loved every single day of it, but with Paige starting Kindergarten in August it seemed like a good time to at least think about my return.  I gladly interviewed (which was more of just a visiting session because I had already been hired and approved by our church’s elders years before) and expressed my desire to only work part time so I could still have alone days at home with Ryan, just as I had had with Paige. 

2 months passed and I hadn’t really heard from the KCP board on way or another.  At this point, I was getting frustrated because I’m the type of person that simply needs to know.  If I was going to be teaching again, I needed to start researching lesson plans, classroom decor, etc…as well as putting those things into action.  One Friday afternoon, I received a phone call from the new KCP director saying that it just wasn’t going to work out even though the board really wanted me back in the classroom.  Because I expressed my desire to only work part time, they unfortunately couldn’t find another teacher that was also willing to work part time and they needed to hire someone willing to work all 5 days.  I completely understood, of course, but I still took it personally and was devastated for the next 24 hours.

I honestly thought that I had prayed very hard about my return to work and really believed that God was telling me that this was the right time.  But when that door closed, I was so confused, anxious, and angry quite honestly.  How could I have misread what I know God was telling me to do? I felt like I had handed it all over to him and was letting Him lead me.  Apparently I wasn’t and I hadn’t relinquished full control over to Him because first thing the next Monday morning, I got another call from the KCP director.  She was telling me that just that morning, not even 5 minutes prior, they had found a teacher to back me in teaching part time.  She even volunteered to teach W, Th, and F if I wanted to only teach 2 days per week.  I completely knew it was a God thing then because I had secretly been hoping and wondering if there was any way possible to only work 2 days a week…but I had NEVER expressed that to anyone,  not even Stephen.  I had to make a decision on the spot.  I couldn’t even hang up, discuss it all with Stephen, and then call the director back.  She needed my answer immediately! I knew it was all in God’s plan and said “yes” right then. 

I’m excited to be back in the profession I was designed for.  I love the challenge that each day brings and the love that I get from my students.  There are many times in a day that I truly love with my kids, but my absolute favorite has to be tucking them in at naptime.  We go through our routine of taking turns going to the bathroom, washing hands, and going to lay down on napmats.  After everyone is in their place, I go around to each child and pull their blanket up on them and pray with them and cover them in kisses and hugs, then tell them how much I love them.  There’s nothing better than hearing them say “I love you too”.  NOTHING. 

I’m enjoying getting to be a teacher to my students 2 days per week and with Ryan the other 3 days.  It’s a precious time with him that I won’t trade for anything else in this world.