the Nonsense in Between

26 Pairs of Acceptance

Last week our friend Maggie (of Maggie and Drew) let me hang out with her kindergarten class. The experience was so inspiring it gave me the push I needed. For many years I've kicked around the idea of becoming a teacher but carried alot of fear around it. Being incharge of the development of an entire classroom of little people seemed awfully overwhelming, a job reserved for saints and angels. Then I realized that all the time I spent in the beauty industry left me wounded. Let me explain something: The beauty industry is full of ugly insecure people who feed off of others' misfortune. With that said, I do believe that I learned alot from the industry. I learned that I am a very strong person with strong convictions. I also learned how to deal with many different kinds of people and how to hold my ground with each of them. And if I had the courage to speak to groups of critical, narcissistic, pompous assholes I think I just might be able to handle children.

From the moment I entered Maggie's classroom I was accepted. I didn't have to prove anything to them as long as I was taller they just trusted me. This experience was so foreign to me. No one was asking me questions designed to stump me, no one challenged my authority or gave me evil looks. Okay, sure they are only five years old but that's just the beauty of youth.