Preschool to 3rd grade

         My dream every time I have younger children is to see them later in life when they are bigger. I have had the privilege to do that with one of my very first kiddos I had in Bentonville. She was in preschool at the first place I taught and now she is in 3rd grade at the place I am at now. It took her a little while to recognize me and to make the connection but when she finally did she asked if I use to be her teacher and I said yes. It made me feel so good.
         It was strange too because I didn't start out with her group when I first started the job. I started out with the Kindergarten group but then we had to change things up a bit because of some changes so I thought I might take the chance and try to older children. I thought it would be a nice break from the younger children for a little while and it has been a nice break. Just knowing that I have that girl in the group make all the difference. I did ask her mom before she realized she knew me if she went to the preschool that rI use to teach just to make sure and she said yes and she seemed to remember me.
         The little girl had gotten a lot more taller and prettier but that she the only thing that has changed about here. Her face and hair hasn't changed a bit and neither has her smile. I saw all of that and I knew right away it was my little girl from preschool. I did have to figure out the math and little things just make sure but it was right. She would have been in the 3 or 4 years old class when I was teaching there because it has been 5 years since I taught there. It took me awhile to recognize her dad but her mom I remember from the preschool too.
         It is just fun to think that I have a second chance and more of a chance with this little girl then any of the other teachers do. It is not often at all that you get to have that with a child. Most of the time you just have to trust that you gave them all they need and that the Lord will take care of them. It is funny because she still wears clothes like she use to back in the day. They are of course in style for her age but there is always some glitter on them or it is a dress. She was always a girl with the glittery clothes on.
         Her personality has no changed a bit either. She is still the talkative and always smiling type of girl that I knew and Loved. She always had this get up and get going type of personality when she was small and I hope she never loses that even in her older years. She can do a lot with that personality if she keeps it like she has so far. 'She has a hard time listening now just here and there but what do you expect from a 3rd grader. I mean really. :) It is really just her bubbly personality! :) I like said before it is just amazing to see her now and for a whole other year and maybe two. Who knows if I am going to change school next year. For her sake, I hope not because having her two years in a row would be amazing for me.
         Seeing her that long in an actual school would be really neat! She would be the first child and maybe only child I got to do that with. A miracle if I can do that and then they can move me somewhere else after that year is over. Lol! All I can do about it is pray about it, right? God knows what is best for me. It does mean a lot when I think about how I have impacted her life before now. Now it is just a blessing to be in her life again. It just shows me that maybe the children I do come in connection with will do good in life. It shows me that working at the shelter might done some good. I really wish I could see those children again like I seen this girl.
         It also show me that what you teach them in preschool really does make a connection somehow and helps them grow up into the child and person that they were meant to be. I needed to see someone from my earlier job after the job that I just had and the comments that were made towards me there. I might not have any children of my own yet and might never but that doesn't mean, that if I can with the right things and situations, I will care for a child any other way but to my best abality. They are all my own children and I try to treat them like they are.
         God has given me this mission and purpose for my life and in all situations and jobs I will use it for His Glory.  It could be working at preschools, children's shelters, after school clubs, or my own children some day but whatever it is it is all for His Glory, not my own.