04/17/2026
Long post alert: In May of 2023, I resigned from my teaching position at CJHS. As far as I was concerned, I was never going to return to the classroom. Burnt out, believing my passion for teaching was lost forever, I got rid of everything and planned to be a stay-at-home mom while building a cake pop business. That was my plan, but God had other ideas. I was offered a part-time position helping with preschool evals at ECSEC. I was there for two years and absolutely loved it! It was exactly what I needed. I felt like I exhaled in relief the entire first year of being out of the classroom. Then, a year ago in January, I was dropping my daughter off at the junior high and got a sudden urge to contact my former boss about a position open at the school. The urge was so strong I almost called her right then and there, but I didn’t want to be impulsive.🤣 It was crazy because I was NOT going back to the classroom. I was NOT returning to a full time position. And yet, I could NOT shake it. I talked to my husband, and he was in support of whatever I decided to do. So on my way to ECSEC, I told God that I had to hear him loud and clear before I made any decisions. His answer was immediate. This is one of the few times in my life where he spoke so clearly and answered me right after I asked. He said, “I have a plan for you there “IF” you want it.” Again, it was my decision but that’s all I needed to hear him say so I went for it. I contacted my former boss, which was funny because she was planning to contact me the same day I contacted her. After talking to her, it only took me about two hours of pondering to know that I wanted to return to teaching. In those two hours I felt so many emotions. Fear, anxiety, wondering if I had lost my sanity and then peace and excitement. Excitement because I realized that my passion for teaching was not lost, it had just been buried. And in those two hours, it became unearthed and it hasn’t left since. That was a big deal and I still get emotional when thinking about it.
In these last three years, God pulled me out of CJHS because I needed it. He placed me at ECSEC, because that’s what I needed at that time. Then he put me back in my former building, because that’s where he wanted me. You want to know the best part? That position I was inquiring about is the exact position I had resigned from two years earlier. I literally walked back into my former position and I just love it. People still ask me if I’m happy to be back. I don’t think anyone understands just how much I love being back in the classroom and being back at CJHS and how deeply I mean that. That’s an answered prayer as well as confirmation that I really did hear God. He has given me strength to do this job in ways that I did not have before. He has given me a metal capacity to handle my job in ways I didn’t have before. Teaching is not for the faint of heart. It’s an incredibly taxing job. Not everyday has been easy. There have been hard days, stressful days, exhausting days and tears have been shed more than once. But those days have been few and I can honestly say that most days have been really good days.
I say all of this because cake pops had to take a back seat. I still love making them, but it’s on a much smaller scale than before. Even though I haven’t posted since June, cake pop orders still find me. These are two of my most recent orders. One for a bridal shower and one themed after the Luke Combs concert. I don’t know how long I’ll keep taking orders but I’m not quite ready to let it go just yet.
