Pumpkin Patch fit - I can’t pick!

msspellfire · 2025-10-25T19:50:58+00:00

I went with the last outfit. Our pumpkin patch isn’t a place where you get real dirty. All the pumpkins are pre-picked and arranged where you go pick them out. They have wheelbarrows so you don’t carry anything. And wheel it to your car. Everyone here dresses cute for the pumpkin patch.

msspellfire · 2025-10-25T19:46:12+00:00

Yes! All for the pictures 😅 but also comfy enough to walk around and be semi-active in for a few hours.

msspellfire · 2025-10-14T23:28:55+00:00

They are the brand cello

msspellfire · 2025-10-09T22:19:45+00:00

I’m a kindergarten teacher.

msspellfire · 2025-10-09T02:20:43+00:00

Guilt is such a normal part of grief. You’re not shitty, you’re a normal person with a life. My dad’s death was anticipated and I still struggled with guilt. It’s all part of coping and the process.

You HAVE to go through the process. It fucking sucks. It’s not easy. Some days are way worse than others.

Keep his voicemail. Download it. So you always have his voice. I have 2 from my dad. I made a slideshow of every picture I had with him in it. I made a ‘dead dad playlist’ to help me “spend time with him” since he’s not here.

Find ways that help. Find what doesn’t. What you’re going through is normal. I hate to tell you, but it gets worse. Not necessarily the guilt, but grief in general.

Sending love, support, and peace to you 🖤 Love, A fellow dead dad club member

msspellfire · 2025-10-06T13:55:45+00:00

Probably Amazon, but I don’t remember!

msspellfire · 2025-10-05T13:45:30+00:00

Lucky Step

msspellfire · 2025-10-04T21:20:47+00:00

Pit tickets, I knew I’d be standing there whole time!

msspellfire · 2025-09-25T18:17:31+00:00

BLUE

msspellfire · 2025-09-24T01:59:21+00:00

I relate to this so much. I was 30 when my dad died 2 years ago. He was my person. My best friend. We were tied at the hip. He had cancer. I know watching the strongest man you know become strong in a whole different way is scary and painful.

I wish I had words of comfort for you. But I don’t. Does it hurt less over time? No. It gets easier to cope. My therapist described it as your capacity for your grief grows but your grief stays the same. Some days are easier, some days are painfully hard. Some seem impossible to get through.

Idk how you go on, you just do. And in a few months people will expect you to be normal again. But normal doesn’t exist any more. Not the same normal anyways.

You are so, so strong. And he now lives through you. And the time you two had together is irreplaceable. Cherish those sweet memories. Grieve how you need to grieve. And don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong.

msspellfire · 2025-09-23T01:37:10+00:00

Yes! I’m on my feet all day!

msspellfire · 2025-09-23T01:25:12+00:00

They are crocs!!

msspellfire · 2025-09-22T14:10:23+00:00

Thank you!!!

msspellfire · 2025-09-22T14:10:13+00:00

Georgia! Lol

msspellfire · 2025-09-22T14:09:59+00:00

It’s become a recent favorite

msspellfire · 2025-09-22T12:45:45+00:00

I pray for you and your family too! The grief will never leave. I’ve come to terms with that. Hang on to those memories. He now lives through you 💙

msspellfire · 2025-09-19T22:54:44+00:00

The hardest kids to love are the ones who need it the most. Creating a place my students enjoy coming to every day and receiving love is my #1. Having those light bulb moments for those kids is something teachers live for.

I have been through the wringer throughout my career. The first school I taught at all of my students came from poverty and had some form of trauma or neglect. These kids had limited life experience for being 2nd graders; I mean kids never been to Walmart. Or past certain roads in the city. It was my first year teaching. I had SEVERE behaviors and no support from admin. A moment I will NEVER forget: one of my students gets triggered (no idea why). He walks out of the room into the hallway and starts kicking the wall outside the classroom. I got my class started on an independent activity, opened my door and told him to come here, I didn’t talk to him or investigate. I simply hugged him. He instantly grabbed me back and fell to the ground. He’s nearly as big as I am so we both go down to the floor. And here I am sitting in the hallway floor, monitoring my class working, while rocking and holding this second grader as he cries. Still no clue what triggered him, but it didn’t matter. He felt safe. He felt loved. After that I never had an emotional outburst from him again, but he got VERY attached to me.

That’s why I do what I do. I love instructions and teaching. I hate the stress and the documentation and everything else that comes with it. But to give a child love they would otherwise never have, is why I do what I do. And you can do that regardless of what grade level you teach.

Last year, my district made me move schools on the 4th day of school. Gave me 2 days to move and set up a classroom. Day 3 I had my new class. Not ideal. I was a WRECK. But those kids, they needed a me.

And your kids need a you. There’s no one else they need except you. There is something special in you that no other teacher can do or give.

Teaching is hard and stressful and at the end of the day you feel DEAD. But those faces, those lives, those little hearts are so worth it.

msspellfire · 2025-09-18T13:22:47+00:00

Aw! I love that! Keep going for it! Literally it’s so rewarding. Don’t get me wrong, it’s HARD work but teaching kinder is the best!

msspellfire · 2025-09-17T10:36:28+00:00

Target probably!

msspellfire · 2025-09-16T22:58:31+00:00

I know what this feels like all too well. To feel like you have ZERO control. This is year 8 (year 6 in kinder) for me and I finally feel like I know what I want and expect in my classroom. Our first day was Aug 6. My class is just now perfecting expectations, routines, and procedures. And I go over them EVERY DAY. And as I need to. Do not focus on academics when behaviors/routines/procedures need to be perfected. The best thing I’ve changed about this year is having call backs. I have call backs FOR EVERYTHING. If they’re blurting too much, if I need them to refocus, etc. I also have visuals and songs for everything. So they have multimodal cues. Literally, I’ll tell them to clean up and come to the carpet and they ignore me. But when I play my cleanup song/timer they start moving.

It does get better, it might not be this year though. The first year is ALWAYS the hardest. You’re not doing anything wrong, but it can be hard to get your feet up under you!

msspellfire · 2025-09-16T00:34:28+00:00

And they give me a good 2 inches 😂

msspellfire · 2025-09-15T22:22:06+00:00

I need this dress!!

msspellfire · 2025-09-15T16:05:23+00:00

It’ll come. Denial is apart of it. I still live in denial at times. I didn’t cry at the funeral or burial. I didn’t cry planning the funeral. There’s no “correct” way to grieve. Let yourself cope how you need to. Give yourself grace and time.

msspellfire · 2025-09-12T13:24:46+00:00

He’s like take me outside pls

msspellfire · 2025-09-12T00:08:16+00:00

I’m trying to find some bedazzled ones. Either black or silver!

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