Saturday, July 14, 2012

Six Word Saturday

''Thought Of As One Of Mine''

There are two main reasons why these six words mean so much too me this week.

In my job I have contact with a lot of children.I have worked with children since I was 16years old and that is many moons ago!

I have seen those children grow up,some have gone to university,some have got married,some have children of their own and I have even taught those children!

But one thing remains constant,whenever a child has been in my group,I think of them as one of mine.

When I'm out and about and I see one of my former pupils I will often say to whoever I'm with;

" They were one of mine"

I do this without even thinking.

They can be all grown up and I will still think of them as one of mine

Earlier this week I went to see Sharky pick up a award for his work in construction.

I was very proud of him,he went on the stage and shook hands with the head teacher.

He got a certificate and a badge and his name in a brochure with all the winners of awards.

It was a good evening and great to see so many children recording awards for a real variety of reasons.

And that's when I started to spot children who I had taught at the age of three.

And the thought that popped into my head was

They were one of mine!

And I was so proud of them and their achievements.

The second incident involves school swimming ( yes I know it rules my life at the mo! )

Chipmunk has been really lucky to be in a group with only 7-8 children.The instructor is great and the children work well together.
We have been at the swimming baths for two whole weeks now and I stand watching these children and constantly head counting and noticing how far they have come on with their swimming.

And today they went in the big pool for the first time!

I felt like a mamma duck watching her babies swim for the first time!

I was so nervous for them!

They all did well though and they have all got their 10 metres today!

I was taking to my mum about it and I said about them being in my group and how protective I felt and it occurred to me again that I thought of them as mine.

It seems to me that I 'adopt' children on a regular basis and once they have been with me they are always mine ( in the best way possible! )

I'm lucky to have worked with such great kids,for me I wouldn't want it any other way

Linking up with Cate at Six Word Saturday




21 comments:

  1. I know exactly what you mean. I've had a few feelings of this just by knowing some children and having them grow up around me! Children have a way of growing inside your heart forever!

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    1. Hello Karen,I really thought about your comment,it reminded me of the group of children my eldest son grew up with and it is true that some of us have that ability to 'adopt' other children into their lives,it's great when we get the chance to do that!I adore children :-) and yes they do grow in our hearts forever xx

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  2. Good for you! Children need as many supportive people in their lives as possible. We have a "daughter" that became part of our family (unofficially) at age 12 and we still hold her and her children as "our own". Thanks for having such a big heart.

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    1. Hello :-) thank you for such a lovely comment.I enjoyed hearing about your 'adopted daughter' it seems lots of us have adopted children along our way!

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  3. A couple of heart warming stories there.

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    1. Thank you for your comment on my SWS last week,I'm late replying as my weeks been hectic!

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  4. wonderful! makes it all worthwhile doesn't it?!

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    1. Hello :-) yes it does make it worthwhile!I carried on doing the swimming help out and it was fab to see such good results.Most definitely worthwhile x

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  5. A warm & fuzzy post...thanks.
    McGuffy's Reader
    http://www.mcguffysreader.blogspot.com

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    1. Thsnk you for your comment on my SWS last week,I'm a bit late in answering due to a week of work,work,work! x

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  6. It's funny how much the children we work with come to mean so much. I am so protective of each class I work with...willing to stand up for them when it's needed and support them when that's the way it goes too.

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    1. Hello Ananda,thanks for your comment on my last weeks SWS.I know what you mean about being protective of the children we work with,I have just said goodbye to my group of nursery children and it was painful!

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  7. I think that this shows how committed you are to what you do! It is great on so many levels and congrats to Shaarky and Chipmunk!

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    1. Thank you so much for your lovely comment on my last weeks SWS.It made me feel good about what I have been doing :-)

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  8. Good for you! Everyone needs to have someone love and care for them; and there can never be too many caretakers!

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    1. I like that comment 'you can never have too many caretakers' I totally agree with you! x

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  9. A lovely post. I only taught for two years, just before I retired, but those youngsters will always have a special place in my memories.

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    1. Thank you for your comment on my SWS last week,children do have a way of wriggling into our hearts don't they!

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  10. I am with you on savoring the happy and not focusing on the bad. I think blogs are a great way to hold onto memories. Happy blogging, I'm a new follower. http://aetcheverry.blogspot.com/

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  11. Hello :-) sorry I haven't got in touch before,my week has been so busy it's been untrue!Its lovely to meet you and I will hopefully be blogging a bit more now I'm on school holidays,capturing those precious memories!

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  12. A big thank you to everybody who took their time to make such great comments last week.Sorry it took me so long to respond but I had one of those weeks where all of a sudden my workload went totally beserk!Hopefully now I'm on my summer break that won't happen again!Fingers crossed!

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