A Graduate of...

WHAT'S HAPPENING?
I am a graduate of Kent State University. I hold a degree in Art Education set off by minors in Education and Studio Art. I will have my teaching license in Visual Arts grades K-12. I can sub in any of those grades, any subject and officially be paid for it. I have 5 years to begin my masters, and 5 years after that to complete my masters. I will be applying for jobs around here, around Columbus, around the Carolinas and who knows where else while also applying for Grad School at Kent State because two Teacher's Assistant positions will be opening up. Steve and I will be getting married January 24th in the Church of Aurora in the company of family and friends. 6 women will stand beside me, and 6 men will stand beside Steve. These are things I know...

Things I don't know...
Where will we live? How will we land financially? Will we still have some of the silly fights we have currently? How often will I sub each week? Where will Steve be working? Where will we end up next summer? Will we stay here, move to Columbus, move to North Carolina...?

WHAT AM I LEARNING?
Well... I am trying to learn that I could not handle knowing all the answers to all of these questions. If I knew all the answers, I would be stressed out of my mind trying to make sure everything happened correctly. Not to mention, I would probably stress Steve out to no end if I was planning all the answers to all the above questions! There are so many areas in my life where I need wisdom... Wisdom to know when to lay off planning, and wisdom to know when to make certain choices. Wisdom to know when to support a decision Steve has made for us without adding in my 2 cents, and wisdom to know how to speak up in situations where I may have a good solution. Wisdom to know how much to give where, and wisdom to know when I need to let go of my pride and enjoy the blessings around me. I want to be a graduate who is full of wisdom for life, not simply full of art history knowledge and how to paint. I want to be a graduate who knows when to step up and when to step back, not simply when to lecture a lesson, and when to give students time to work. I want to be a graduate who doesn't have all of the anwers yet and basks in the blessing... If that makes any sense at all!