Adulthood

And as I sit at home after a long day of absorbing and learning new concepts in my training for the program I will be working now, I cannot decide what is that I feel the most, surprise or excitement.

When I started on this road, I used to feel that my mother tongue was on the way of my experience, my lack of knowledge of acronyms, my lack of experience as a teacher, and my brand new exposure to the curriculum was always making this process a lot harder.

Participating was always a little daunting since I felt so exposed and so insecure.

Changes are hard for some people, I would say for most people, our comfort zone gets tested, and we have to learn and find new ways to solve tasks, to learn concepts, to apply techniques, to adapt to schedules and personalities. 

How strange feels today, this change in my life, I go in a room full of new people, and listen to a  new way of teaching, following a different philosophy, using different elements but yet, not new concepts, just new approach. And for the first time I find myself very comfortable with my contributions, there is a voice that wants to talk, to share my previous experience and to explain how will I embrace this change. 

I worked for 14 years more or less at the same place, and I learned and grew into the teacher that I am today in this small place that became my second home, my second family. Today I find that all that work, all that experience and all that familiarity has made me stronger and just like when I left home many years ago to fly on my own, I am ready to do it one more time.

So I cannot feel any other thing but gracious. Thank you to all of my mentors and friends, thank you to all those children that thought me to care and to try harder, thank you to those who have encourage me to be better, to try new things, to be a risk taker like I learn today. Thank you to my family, to my daughters and their advices, to my husband and his constant support. But most of all thank you to my beloved parents that gave freedom to choose and trusted I was ready to embark on this adventure we call adulthood.