An Awesome Day!

Today was great! It started off with being grateful for listening to the spirit the night before, and knowing I would learn something from the day.

The night before the spirit told me to turn the ringer "on" on my phone because SubFinder might call. I did it anyway and kind of threw it aside thinking I hadn't been called in a long while. At 6:30 a.m. my phone rang and it was SubFinder. They were calling me to work at an elementary. I almost turned it down, but something said to accept it anyway. It was for a 1st grade class. I thought to myself that I should, and would have a good time with it.

Apart from all of that I had a weird thought about Autism. I don't know where it came from, but it was strange. I started to think back on a conversation I had with my grandma a few months ago about children she was working with. She shared with me about some of their idiosyncracies. All of this passed through my head not knowing why.

When I got to the school there was no lesson plan, and I started to question but decided I would still have a good time. There was a note for the sub from yesterday and the teacher pointed out a particular student and I knew he was the reason I was thinking what I was thinking this morning. When he was through the door I knew who he was. I waved at him and he gave me a big smile back.

Thirty minutes in to the day the assistant principal came and said she needed me to switch up and help. There was a sub who had a particular rapor with the student, so they were working to do some prevention. I got to move around and work the three different classes. It started out with kindergarten, moved to 2nd, and then to, well, I am not quite sure. Maybe 4th or 5th...

I have always questioned if I would be a good parent; if I had the patience to be around them; if I had the will not to kill them ;) Lately, my harshness has become softer and I have felt a change in me. Today it was as if Heavenly Father was continuing to show me I could wallk on water. I had such a fun time with the kids and I was so happy.

When I was driving home, it was so clear, "You will be okay. You will be a a good mom and you will survive." What I marvelous lesson I learned today, and all because I chose to listen to the spirit.