We often spend time and energy talking about people in our lives we don’t see enough of. Describe a person in your life you are in contact with often. What does he/she mean to you?
I met SJ at my first real teaching job. I knew she was about my age and that meant we would have a few things in common. She taught 4th grade and I taught 5th. But she had already been at the school for a year, so that meant she already had one advantage over me. In some ways I was a little jealous. She had it all together. Her room was organized, the kids loved her, the parents loved her and all the other teachers loved her. She was someone you just wanted to be around because if nothing else it would rub off on you.
Then I got switched from 5th grade to 4th grade and she was on my "team". It was one of the best things that happened to me in my short teaching career (before having my own kids). SJ is one of the most genuine, caring people I know. She will always be a part of my life because we will both make the effort to stay in touch with each other. She is now a vice principal so her job is even busier than it was before. Yet a few weeks will pass and I will get an e-mail from her asking if we can meet up for a walk. We find a way to make it work.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (it's in the bible, just don't know where right now).
We sharpen each other. Although I think I get way more from her than she does from me.
What a blessing she is to me!
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