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Name: Lauren
Birthday: 9/17/1983
Gender: Female
Expertise: Looking for a job
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research
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2/16/2004
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| "There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered"- Nelson Mandela
I have been at "home" in Arkansas since Friday only to discover how different "it" has become in the past 3 months. But the more I think about it, the more I am the "it" that has changed. I am back to a world that will always be home, cause it was for 21 years and now there is very little comfortable about. All my comfort and what I truly know is so far away. We are in the final three week count down and I have to finalize so many plans and now there is a new "distraction" that has come into play. I know everything will be fine and really and truly if I didn't make any more plans while I am in Arkansas on July 8th I could still be married and be on my way to happily ever after.
I want to thank everyone for everything they have done to help in the wedding process,especially the guys for getting there measurements all in. Don't let it fall out of your prayers just yet. I very much so need more patience, understanding, and to remember that I am can't do everything.
Dave- I can't wait for you to get here. I love you and miss you so much. | | |
| Hey guys, this is just a quickie. Today Dave was selected as a finalist in this really cool sports thing. Check out his site http://blogs.foxsports.com/xea76 . Then please give it a high rating! Thanks for your support in this! | | |
| Long time no see! I think I am by far the world's worst Xangaer. Life is too good right now. Wedding count down in 77 days! I can't believe it has gotten so close. I was able to go home over spring break and got lots of stuff done. I ordered flowers, invitations, party favors, picked out reception foods, found my shoes and had my dressed altered. Being there when I was I even went to spring sing and was able to hang out with Myers. I know we are so ready for the wedding and extremely excited. Life is grand. | | |
| So with marriage comes compromise. I get to watch hours upon hours of sports that I knew nothing about 7 months ago like football, baseball, basketball, golf, bowling, and the DREADED hockey. I also now watch Mike and Mike in the morning, PTI, Around the Horn (Yea for Woody Paige) and Sportscenter daily. I complain about it and then watch it when no one is home, I don't know if this is from habit or cause I actually like it. And he gets to become an Arkansas fan. It all works. Thanks honey!!!!!!!!!! | | |
| Wow! I am posting. Yes, it is a miracle. I swear, so much is going on but it is incredible everyday things, like shopping and making dinner. Yes, I can make dinner and actually sometimes I do it well. ( Don't tell my mother, but I actually like cooking) Oh my, I am getting domesticated! Well what is going? Well two weeks ago, I had to give up my job that I had held for the last five months to the lady whose name was actually on everything. ( But secretly, I still thought of it as my class) Then I spent 2 weeks as a Title one assistant while the regular title one lady had heart surgery. Well as the school drama continued on and one of the special education teachers passed away. Which has been very sad. But God does crazy things and has opened to door for me to go into a classroom in a round about way. I am going back to second grade across the hall from "my class". In a hundred ways I am having a hard time. "My class" which from now on will be referred to as Class one, was awesome. VERY SMART, pretty well behaved, and we were able to have fun because they can handle it. Class 2: Nothing like that. Their orginal teacher who is now under investigation for child maltreatment scared off the kids whose parents are concerned. As a whole, these kids have a low average and a hard outlook on life. The rest of the year will not be easy if I stay in this class all year. Technically, their first teacher may come back but it isn't likely. So I get the children. I need to remember that they are God's children and for some odd reason, he thinks I can help them. I need to pray for not only me and my patience that can always be expanded but the lives of the 18 kids I get to mold everyday. I not only have to teach math, reading, writing, and spelling, but also work habits, social behaviors and for some of these guys the most important character. You see we are talking about 2 kids with major emotional needs, over a dozen kids who don't know their dad, somewhere around 10 kids whose main care giver is a grandparent, and what scares me the most is the children whose main care giver is younger than me. Out of the Harding Bubble. This seems rather odd but right now I am more thankful for the bubble than I ever thought I would be. Through the bubble I watched people suffer and watched people support and care for them like we should. I not only got to be part of the help but part of the suffering and that made me stronger. I never had to live the horrible life that many of my soon to be students have had to bear, but I am ready to help them. If I can be humble enough, please pray for me and the 18 darlings I get to be around. | | |
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