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== " Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand" (O.W.). When I stand back and look at my life I have come to realize who I am as a person, where I have come from, and where I aspire to go. I am from a huge family that has given me the foundation of a simple yet happy life.The importance of education, the freedom to be who we truly are is an amazing gift given to us by our parents. When I became pregnant my freshman year of college, did not realize then what an amazing gift children can bring into your life. This small detour that I made in my life has in fact become my most blessed! Austin who is now almost four is my reason for becoming a future teacher. I did not realize until recently that there is a gift in people's imperfections. Here are a few of mine: I am an academic and a lover of the intuitive. I am a teacher and I am a student. I am seriously focused and I am whimsically creative. My safe place is with my son and fiance and the space I most often crave is alone time. I am full of fear and I am full of courage. I trust my head, I'm learning to trust my heart, and I try to live in the soulful place that connects the two. -Victoria Gebert ==