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quotation marks.

Who knew quotation marks were so complex? I never thought about teaching the placement of them and the importance that comes with it. This made me think about how detailed teaching can be and should be. I want to be the detailed teacher so every student has the opportunity to succeed. Quotation marks seem so simple but my students have such trouble with new grammar concepts.

So for now, I am digging into the research of teaching grammar.

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1 year ago

rose.

Our sweet Rosie is getting big!

Thought I would share some recent pictures of her.

Her ID tag is from the Copper Poppy’s Etsy shop. They were so wonderful to work with and did a little custom things for me! My phone number is imprinted on the back but I didn’t want to post a picture of my phone number for obvious reasons :)

Just a little light-hearted update on the Brink’s little girl. Okay, we are first-time parents - give us a break!

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and it begins.

The job hunt. I have decided that I am pursuing a career in teaching…makes sense right? I will have a Bachelor’s degree come May 2011 that certifies me to teach Preschool-5th grade. Believe it or not, it took me a while to decide whether or not I wanted to take my degree and use it directly for being an elementary school teacher. Now that I am full-time in the schools, I have discovered a little more about myself and what gifts God has given me. And I keep thinking, he has given me these gifts and these passions…I need to use them.

I think some of us are just flat-out scared.

God has instilled a love of fashion marketing in you - you thrive on reading fashion blogs and discovering the newest trend. He can use you.

God has given you the physical ability and endurance to run marathons and participate in triathlons. He can use you.

God has blessed you with with the social skills and marketing mindset to enter Corporate America. He wants to use you.

An arising problem with Christians that I have noticed is that we sometimes assume if we like reading fashion blogs, want to spend time focusing on our physical endurance, or find interest in working with corporations with a possible big salary that we are being “superficial.” I am learning day by day that God’s love is rooted deeper and woven tighter than any career that we walk down. For us to underestimate how he can use us and our gifts is insulting to Him. He knows what gifts that he has placed in us, and one thing we should all be confident in is that our God is a purposeful God.

He has a purpose.

And He has given us a purpose.

Growing up, I can remember taking my dad’s old overhead projector that he used for work and turned a corner of my room into my own classroom. My mom always bought me math, science, and grammar workbooks so I could rip them out and hand them out to my “class.” For Christmas and birthdays, I received dry erase and chalkboards to even further my “classroom” dynamic. I am rediscovering this love of mine for teaching children as I am student teaching and I know that God is nudging(okay, sometimes pushing) me into this atmosphere. God doesn’t throw us out to the wolves to be eaten though as He has proven time after time. He brings us right to the edge but brings us through the jump. I’m ready.

So I am beginning the job hunt knowing that I am going to be the first-year teacher in an elementary school next year. I hope to blog about my experiences and what it is like being in a public school, yep, I said it. Public school. I plan to love on those precious children in my classroom as if they were my own. I do hope to put their needs in front of mine when needed and to differentiate my lessons so they will love learning. Most of all, I want my students to know that each and every one of them have a purpose, just like you and I.

We always encourage children and students to pursue their dreams and what interests them. Doesn’t God do this with us adults? Why not use the same encouragement for ourselves?

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“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12

image via googleimages

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joy.

etsy find: stolen from my bff

found here. need it.

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school pride.

Everybody needs to watch this new show on NBC, “School Pride.” It really is unbelievable how much funding some schools lack to gain more resources for kids. My heart. Children. Because they deserve it. Because they ARE our future. This show has ignited the teacher in me.

I continuously sway back and forth between what I am going to do with my teaching degree but I do know one thing - whatever it is, it will involve the lives of children.

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not for sale: global forum

Chris and the guys are playing next week with their partners, Not For Sale, at the Global Forum for human trafficking. I could not be more excited about the partnership with the band and this ministry. The Global Forum is an annual event to bring together like minds to strategize how to address and end slavery.

There are more than 30 million slaves in the world today. More than at the height of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

According to some estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor exploitation.

Worldwide, it is estimated that somewhere between 700,000 and four million women, children and men are trafficked each year, and no region is unaffected.

Global Forum 2010 from Not For Sale Campaign on Vimeo.

We can stop this.

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DIY: candle makeover.

Time for another daily craft. Got the idea from Ashley Ann, AKA my blog twin. She is adorable, mom to 4 kids, professional photographer, and is overflowing with craftiness. I hope to be like her when I become a mom - check out her blog. You won’t be sorry! I check it everyday.

So here is a plain Target candle. I mod-podged scrapbook paper instead of using contact paper. Use a paper doily and Rafia ribbon that I already had. Want a good investment? Go to Wal-Mart and buy Rafia ribbon, easily the best $2 that I have spent.

Here’s my outcome.

Photo credit : my iPhone. Because sometimes getting out the Nikon just seems too hard. :)

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jessica + jake

Remember those sweet engagement pictures I took of my best friend and her fiance? If not, click here to go to the post. They were married this past fall weekend in downtown Alpharetta. It was beautiful, she was stunning and I feel so blessed to have been a part of their wedding. All the details came together after a moment of losing the wedding band, being late to pictures, being late to the ceremony, and a lost flower girl. I would love to see a wedding go perfectly smooth! ;)

The weekend was absolutely wonderful sealed with the couple driving away in the bride’s grandfather’s baby blue Impala to their 2 week honeymoon in Ireland. What could be better?

photo credit: Annie Blackwood

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