His plan is always better than ours

For those of you that don't know me very well, I am a planner and I can be a control freak. Heavenly Father knows this about me, so he likes to throw a wrench in my plans and make me reconsider what i'm doing.

Flash back to this time last year... I was getting ready to go back to work after maternity leave and I knew I wouldn't be teaching sixth grade again this school year. I was very convinced that I would NEVER teach sixth grade again seeing as I had a horrible experience teaching sixth grade. I was happy to not go back ever again haha.

Last fall, I started teaching 4th grade, and like i've mentioned before, I ended up deciding to leave in the middle of the year so that I could work part time and be home with Taysom. I happened to get a job as a math tutor at Adelaide Elementary School and went on my way. Around February, I was walking through the school and I had this very distinct prompting. In that moment I knew that there would be a job opening up at Adelaide and that I would be job sharing with Kathy Wilkinson and teaching 6th grade (keep in mind I didn't hear anything about this job for about 6 weeks after this) I didn't really give it much more thought because I figured that it was going to work out eventually. Needless to say, I interviewed for the 6th grade job share position and I got it! I will be teaching 6th grade in the afternoons and every other Friday. I am VERY excited and can't wait! I have high hopes that it will be a positive year and I love the 5th graders that i've been working with, so I can't wait to see which ones I get to teach next year!

Heavenly Father has interesting ways of getting us to where we want to be. I know that I am supposed to be at this school and that I am supposed to teach these specific kids. I really don't think I would have ended up where I am if Casey and I wouldn't have felt strongly that I needed to leave West Point and be home more with our sweet boy. It's amazing to see how things always work out in the end. Heavenly Father's plan really is so much better than ours and I hope that I will be able to learn to turn my life over to him and trust that He will always take care of me and my family. It's a work in progress, but I think i'm on my way. :)