What's In A Name?

All these decisions!! And that's just to set up my first blog. The perfect name? I came up with a few but always came back to "Still Hoping After All These Years". Yes, Paul Simon came up with most of this first but I've always related to that song. The problem is I had a problem with admitting that I was crazy in my first blog attempt. I began to think about hope and how no matter what has happened to me in my lifetime, good and bad, I always felt that there was hope. The idea of what we're hoping for may change in our lives, from "I hope that Mommy doesn't serve me those mashed peas again." , through "I hope that Stanley asks me to the dance Saturday." and the "I hope it doesn't rain on my wedding day." through the "I hope that my father knew that I loved him before he died of cancer." and the "I hope that my son becomes healthy one day and doesn't have to take medication for an autoimmune illness." to a "I hope that I can get back into my music one day." to "I hope that my sons can live happily ever after doing something they're passionate about." to the current "I hope that I can keep all this straight as I try to juggle family, work, choral and guitar students, with my graduate school commitment?" I am indeed "still hoping after all these years" and have no plans of giving up.

So, here I am blogging! Who would've thought? Certainly not I. I'm so proud of my baby steps but realize as any one year old trying to cross a room for the first time, that it looks so far to the other side. Then again, just like that baby, I feel like I have so much support. My professor, my classmates. They've been great. I feel like I can ask for help any time I need to and someone will be ready to help me with my next baby step. I hope that I become comfortable with all that I am learning this semester and more importantly, that I use it all for the benefit of my students.