I was released as the Primary President yesterday after 3 1/4 years. It was likely coming and came before my baby arrived and things got extra crazy. Certainly some mixed emotions about it all. I felt emotionally drained by the end of my last Sunday as Pres. I have learned a lot and felt that I have come a long way as a person and hopefully picked up some leadership skills and tougher skin that comes along with that.
- GLAD to have my mind free of the constant Primary action thoughts, ie..what's going on this week? what meetings do I have? what am supposed to be organizing next? what am I forgetting? Time for the brain to slow down. (What am I going to think about now?! Let me think about that...)
- GLAD to have lots of extra time that it took to overplan and overdo things for Primary (that's really my own fault). I can probably get a part time job.
- SO SAD to leave all those children that I love as my own. And how their faces would light up when I saw them at school or around town. I'll miss the love notes I got from the little girls.
- SO SAD to not get to serve with the leaders and teachers that I have learned so much from and admire. Very impressive people.
Where to now???? I'll keep you posted. In our very small ward, you don't fly under the radar very long.
3 comments:
I'm glad you will finally get some rest!(maybe) Hey, you need to teach me how to jazz up my blog page...you've got music and everything!
Hey good for you, I really can't imagine having so much stress. I can't hardly handle doing the ward bulletin and I have no kids yet. But I'm sure you did learn alot that will come in handy later like Stake Primary President in 20 yrs ha ha ha.
That deserves a big congratulations!! How kind of your bishop to recognize you have a baby on the way. Hooray for free time! Let's get together.
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