Thanks to the On This Day feature on Facebook, I realize that I officially left teaching two years ago, today. In the two years that have followed, I had a job and then lost it (still for unknown reasons). I have lost all but $300 and avoided homelessness by moving in with my ex. I had an emergency blood transfusion. I have gained about 25 pounds (an estimate because scales make me cry). I have contemplated suicide. I am still out of work.
Would I do anything differently?
Nope.
As a matter of fact, I would do everything exactly the same, even knowing that I would be sitting here, unemployed for eight months.
I have a solid goal in my life and I would not have found that goal if I hadn't been through varying degrees of hell in the last two years.
I have found that I really do have friends who will stick by me and offer me support and love.
I have found peace.
If I had stayed in teaching, none of that would have been possible. If I hadn't lost my job, I wouldn't have taken steps toward a goal that will truly fulfill me.
So, thank you to all of the bullshit that has come my way.
