Some Days I Get it Right

Some days, I get it right.
Some days, I wish I had handled it differently.

There are moments in the classroom when I walk away thinking, Yes, that felt aligned. And there are moments when I replay a conversation in my head long after the day is over, wondering what I could have said, noticed, or done differently…these thoughts often happens while I’m trying to fall asleep.

Some days, if I’m honest, I feel like I am really messing it up. I don’t love how I responded to someone. I feel behind on curriculum. I question whether I even have a classroom management strategy, or if it’s something I’m still beta-testing in real time.

Teaching is full of those moments. The quiet ones no one else sees. The split-second decisions. The balance between care and structure, between holding space and holding boundaries.

What I know is this: every day, I show up with heart.

I show up willing to reflect. Willing to name when something didn’t land the way I hoped, even when I would rather pretend it didn’t happen. Willing to keep learning alongside my students instead of pretending I have it all figured out.

I am honest. I am human. I am still learning.

And maybe that matters just as much as getting it right.