HOBL comes home and I return to work

wooHoo!!!!!

First day of work begins today for me.

Today is meetings and tomorrow, tomorrow,

my precious little ones return from a whole summer off.

Yes, I know you guys, especially my teacher friends

are wondering what the heck is wrong with me.

It is when I am at my best when I care for the Children at TES.

There was fear that maybe I would loose the school I am at

and have to move to a new venue due to where

the high medical needs were.

I cannot tell you how I cheered when I found out that

I was again assigned to TES.

You see school nursing has nothing to do with handing out

bandaids or checking immunizations.

Yes, of course these things are a part of it

but what makes a school nurse, to me,

is she is the one who is constant in the school,

like the principal, even though you are nervous about

who your teacher may be, you are comforted

about the fact that your school nurse will be there, the same.

The school nurse sometimes is the link between the child

and their home life. The teacher has to be responsible

for their education but sometimes knowing about their home life

helps you teach them better.

Many times I am approached by teachers to fill in the blanks

for why a child acts the way they do.

Because I have known them and their families this year since

the 5th graders were in PreK, I know about most everything in their lives.

I know which ones need to be coddled until their mom's get there,

I know which ones will not eat breakfast and have a stomach ache

before 9 am. I know the ones that can't wait for school to start

tomorrow because they are safe and fed and I know the ones

who would rather be home playing because home is their safe.

Please pray for me that my health holds up for another year of

loving these children. I cannot imagine myself not

going to this job every day.

I am excited, pumped and looking forward to all the

lessons I will pick up by spending another year

at TES!