Nov 2 What is one small delight in the day that you always look forward to?
I carry my keys and school ID on a button-bedecked yellow lanyard. I jingle when I walk. Students tell me they know it's me because they hear me coming. I tell them it's like the bell on a cat's collar to warn the birds.
I began wearing a lanyard years before our school required all teachers to wear their IDs visibly because I needed a way to keep my key to the copy room at hand. Over time this literal identity badge has become a figurative one as well: it is a talisman, an epitrachelion, my Olympic gold.
When I pull into the school parking lot in the morning, I put on my lipstick, loop the lanyard around my neck, and become Ms. Berryhill. The small ritual is always filled with optimism. I sling my computer bag over my shoulder, shut the car door, and jingle toward my day.
I love your last paragraph....I feel the same way when I get to school each day. It's as if a different persona comes out when I put on that lanyard and walk into the building. Home "stuff" has to stay in the car until after school!
ReplyDeleteI love the image of you merrily jingling down the hallway, with fresh lipstick, no less. :)
ReplyDeleteLadies, thank you for leaving comments! It is a pleasure to blogging buddies this month! We can do this--and the occasional comment is the carrot I need. Happy Monday.
ReplyDeleteHi Allison! Thank you for being part of the blogging challenge this month - great to have you as part of the community. I love the image of the different personas and you're so right - we do play a role to a certain extent.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading more posts.
Justine