I graduated with a bachelors in early childhood education from Evangel University in 2005, and I have also become certified in early childhood special education. I have taught pre-K for 3 years, Kindergarten for 2 years, and spent one year working as a special education paraprofessional working with children with autism, Down's syndrome and mental retardation. In 2010 I was one of 5 nominees from my school for "teacher of the year".
I love teaching young children, and there is nothing else I could ever imagine doing, but after having my second child I decided I needed to take a break to enjoy my children and be their for them while they are little. I have a 3 year old daughter, and a 10 month old son. I kept teaching after having my daughter, but I struggled with a lot of guilt. I would invest so much into other peoples' children and when I got home I had nothing left to give. So now I'm happy to be able to stay home and have this time with them.
My husband is an air traffic controller in the Air Force, and we live on base to help save money. I wish I could live near family, but for the most part we love our military life.
Well, that's my story for now...more to come later.
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