When I first discovered blogs I found them so interesting. At the time, they seemed more personal than a magazine. To me, the format of blogs allows for a more personable and more frequent connection. 

Then, when I started teaching and I discovered teaching blogs, they brought me so much joy.  Teaching blogs felt like being a fly on the wall in a teacher's lounge listening to all the teacher's share something creative and wonderful from their day. It seemed to me to be a place where teachers who still had a passion for teaching would gather. 

A lot has changed in the world of an educator since earlier in the 2000's when teaching blogs first started and from when I first started teaching. If you're anything like me, as the demands teachers face increase and society changes, it can be challenging to always find your heart to be filled with the same passion it once had. Although, perhaps that is only natural. 

Recently, I tried to search for blogs that reminded me of those posts I would turn to back around 2013. Blogs filled with with authentic, scrapbook, journal like posts. Perhaps I didn't type in the correct keywords or stumble across the correct page, but I struggled to find any that brought me back to that time. 

That is why I decided to start my own blog. In hopes that by returning to the basics in terms of recreating the type of place I had once turned to for inspiration, for energy to refill my cup after a long day, it will inspire me and anyone else who reads this as we work with young children.