identity
for a while now, i have tried to think of what to do
with the title of my blog.
originally, i started posting stories about my students
as an outlet for me to brag about their greatness.
i could sleep well at night, imagining that everyone was reading
about my kidlets and i didn't have to tell the stories over and over and over.
typing it all out saved my friends and family from
having me talking their ears off in real life.
blogging allowed me to paint a picture of my teaching-life and spotlight
my students who were, and always will be, my heart.
i wrote about the small moments and illustrated them with photos.
in putting it all here, my goal was to show my readers what
real love is all about.
these days, i am not teaching in the classroom.
my time is now filled with caring for
my sweet babychop and his two friends.
they don't call me "ms. kathleen" like my shorties did.
they call me "mama".
so.
do i change the name?
do i stay here?
(i am kind of attached.)
move to another page?
(i have had this blog for almost 5 years!)
what to do...what to do.
Can you believe they are eighth graders!!! Crazy!
ReplyDeleteHi there,
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your blog, rather silently, for a few years now and from a complete stranger from afar you're still Ms Kathleen AND Mama. Your images and stories from your teaching days paved the path to your new adventures with your little one and I think that's still relevant in some way.
That's my two cents.
Kylie
maybe make a blurb blog book out of your posts as "ms. kathleen" and then change your blog to be more of what you are now??? that way you have the old stories and photos and yet you are able to step into the new place you are at.
ReplyDeletexo
You will always be, Ms Kathleen to me.
ReplyDeleteStay as you are. Just because you are in this current 'season' with your little one does not change that fact that you are Ms Kathleen. As Kylie said - you are Ms Kathleen AND mama.
ReplyDeleteP.S. You are still a teacher of the shorties, you are just focussed on one right now. :)
Ditto to what Laundry Girl said.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Loved the last portrait post.