Love My Job

I know I love my job, but sometimes it hits me like a ton of bricks just how much I love what I do. Yesterday was one of those days.
On Fridays I provide speech and language support for three self-contained classrooms for students with emotional behavioral issues. This year we have had a big influx of students in our program and there are more speech/language needs than can be met in one day of services. The decision was made to add a half day of services and that means another SLP will have to provide those services and that means that I am losing one of my classrooms. Another SLP will be covering the intermediate (3rd, 4th , 5th grade) classroom starting next week. Her name is Andrea and she will fit right in. We did some transition activities together yesterday and it went so well. What shocked me, though, was my reaction as I left that classroom. I felt so sad! I tried to fight back the tears, but I could not completely contain them. You work with kids and you become so invested that it is hard to walk away from them, especially in the middle of the school year. When you throw in the team of coworkers, it makes it even harder to leave.
Working in the trenches with great educators who truly care about their students is such a blessing. I left work yesterday knowing that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing in life