i'm still here!!

this is just a quick shout out to say that i am still alive.   

last week i was at a training institute for work in michigan.  this weekend, i am at a retreat with students.  i am tired.  i miss my bed.  i miss my baby.

but on the flip side, i am invigorated about my work.  having spent the last two days with an amazing group of college students, i am reminded about why i do the work i do... and i am full of excitement and energy for the coming school year. 

i would never give up any of my roles - as an educator or as a mother.  but sometimes, i don't know how to fit it all into the 24 hours that i have every day.  this is not even to mention any other hats that i might wear (this probably explains why i fold laundry once every other month).  there's a quote somewhere about how every amazing person in history still only had 24 hours in a day... but were any of those people balancing single parenthood with all of their other roles?

anyway.  i'm alive.  i'm inspired.  i'm homesick.  and i'm tired.  and i miss tae.

(and, i'm incredibly thankful to have the most loving and helpful parents in the world.)