Rewind and Fast Forward

I have a sneaking habit of starting something, getting really into it, forgetting I had it and/or was into it, then picking it back up again as if no time had passed at all. This habit typically only claims my writing life, but since writing more and more deeply is a personal goal of mine, it definitely bothers me. This blog is one example of this habit's prey.

That said, the title of the blog, the content of the blog and the way I will communicate through the blog from now on actually won't be in the same way as before. The messages I wrote, the feelings I felt, and the young people I directly impacted are all of the past. Only four days ago, I realized that.

No one will call me Miss G this fall. I won't have yet another group of wide-eyed, active, caught-up teenagers to mold, to inspire, to motivate, to teach. I gave up that joy when I decided in mid-April that I would not be returning to the classroom this fall.

I don't think I will really 'feel it' until the school year starts and my kids aren't calling me for help.

I do think and whole-heartedly believe, however, that despite the fact that I am not going to be a teacher and I will not be very directly impacting the lives of students, it is because of them that I have fostered a passion for them and for getting them - and the many other less fortunate like them - what they deserve.

For that reason, this blog will not close. Rather, it will begin to tell the stories of others who are doing just what its title tells: BUILDing the Dream. It may be their own. It may be someone else's. But a dream it will be.