Feeling Blessed

Today seemed like back to school round three. First my nephew's started school, then my classes started, but today the public schools had their first day, which meant the first REAL day to my internship.
After graduating from this high school and going back to being associated with the high school, but not actually in the high school is so odd on my end. I felt like I was having an out of body experience for a few reasons. First, I'm on the teacher side instead of the student side. I led a few games, but as far as taking charge, nope, that didn't happen, I'm still in that observation phase, but still felt weird. Second, I was hearing familiar names and typical first day of school questions, and I tried to give a little bit of my input, but students looked at me like I have three heads. Apparently you're supposed to forget everything about the high school the day of graduation. Third, I not realize how naive I really am, on multiple levels. In high school, as a student, I never thought about what teen mothers did, how they were over coming their challenges. I heard about classmates getting pregnant, but it never occurred to me these girls will do anything to finish their high school education.
It is amazing how much I have learned in the past three years of college as well as how much I think I have grown up. It is even more amazing how much I am learning just from the week and a half I have spent at this internship. I feel blessed to have been guided toward this field of work and hope to make a difference in one of these girl's lives because I have so much respect for what they have accomplished so far, and I know they have great potential for their futures and their child's future.