-Good things take time-

Hi there torque babes!! Wow. Writing that felt so good. I cannot tell you how much I miss this blog. Seriously, it is one of my most favorite things in this world and for the past couple of weeks I just haven’t been able to be here. Between moving and virtual teaching (what the hell were we thinking ??) life has just been crazy. But now that school is settling in and so are things at the house, I finally had the chance to be here with all of you. And it feels so good. I really cannot describe it. I guess I can say it is way better than writing lesson plans or emails. But anyway, welcome back and thank you for being patient.

These past few weeks, as I experienced the craziness of life right now, I kept asking myself...”could I blog about this?” Meaning, could I find something in the middle of the crazy and the stress and the technology to blog about. And finally I realized that all these things, these moments, all related and went back to this central idea. Something that I have said to myself I think 100 times since the sun rose this morning. Good things take time. Stay with me on this one, I promise your soul needs to hear it.

Babies. Businesses. Education. Falling in love with yourself. Paying off loans. Building a house. Achieving your dreams. Even wine for gods sake!! They all take time. That word is either your best friend or your worst enemy in situations. All things that are good, take time. I started saying this to myself a few weeks back. School started on Monday, we moved into our new house of Friday. I was so focused on getting my classroom set up and organized (hello virtual teaching) thst everything else got put to the side. We slept on our mattress on the floor with random blankets. We are take out more nights than I can count. Our clothes were in boxes. Nothing was is order. And I was mad. I couldn’t live like this. It wasn’t supposed to be this way and suddenly I got very overwhelmed. I just wanted it to be done. I wanted to be settled. I wanted it to be perfect. And it wasn’t. Then school started on Monday. Virtually. With 1st graders. And I wanted it to be perfect. I wanted them to have fun. I wanted everything to work. And when it didn’t and when it was hard, I got very overwhelmed and frustrated. I started to hate my job. And if you know me you know I LOVE my job. But I let the stress and frustration and anxiety over take the situation. Because in these moments, I wanted time to be my best friend. But it didn’t work like that, it had to be my enemy because the universe knew that these things would be good. And we know that good things take time.

But what do we do while the good things are taking their time?? Because sometimes it is a LONGGG time. Well, we find the little good things. We add them up. And soon the big good thing will be there. For instance, the day our pantry was organized and unpacked it felt a little better. I felt like we could cook. Things felt more normal. Was the whole house set up? Nope. But was it a little more then it was the day before. You bet. Or the day everyone logged into teams without a problem. Was the whole day perfect ??? No. But was that part? Yes. That’s the part we get stuck in. The waiting. The missing the process happen. Nothing happens overnight except pimples and snowstorms. Things take time. And if we constantly keep looking to what it will be, we will forever be frustrated with what it is now.

So the next time the school day has some bumps in it, remember that it gets better each day. When you can’t do the one sprint in class, remember there was a day you couldn’t do even one. When the days seem long, remember the years fly by. Be patient with time. It has a plan. It knows what is meant to be good. Trust in yourself. Find the good in the moments. And remember, in the end it’s all going to be okay and if it’s not okay then it’s not the end. You can do this. You are doing this. Just be more gentle on yourself while doing it. It makes the waiting less painful and the end goal more approachable. Oh, and remember to love yourself. Because you deserve it more than anyone else. That’s all for now. Hopefully it’s not another month before we chat, but if so, remember good things take time 😉

All my love, patience, and grace,

Caroline