Trying Once Again

I have decided to start out on a new/old adventure-blogging on my own. When I was a first year teacher, I was asked by a colleague to join her blog. I was very honored and of course, said yes. What I realized over the past few years was that I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready to make time in my life to blog and share my thinking. Partly because I really didn't feel I had much to contribute and because I didn't think my voice was important. While that is still a hurdle of mine that I am dealing with, I know now that I am more ready and willing to make the time and try. This revelation was partly inspired today by Ruth Ayres, as she shared with many other teachers regarding how to celebrate the writers in our classrooms. So, as I tell me first graders on a regular basis to be brave and try, I am taking my own advice and jumping in. I don't have a plan laid out as to what my post will or could be, but I am finally okay with that. I am hoping through coming back to blogging, I can share and reflect on life and teaching. So here I go...