You know life is so beautiful. Through all of the breakups, breakdowns, the highs, the excitement and the boredom it remains such a mystery. The unknown future, the tears, the sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for something to happen, the creativity, the dreams and the losses we have in life make it worth the ride. You are probably wondering what brought this on! Well I was on the porch outside of the studio and Ms. Belk walked by with her daughter, who is sooo cute, and she said hello to me. On her way to her car there was this girl sitting in the grass crying and Ms. Belk went over and asked her if she was okay. It just touched me. Sometimes life gets so hectic we forget to act like civil human beings to people we don't know and that is sad, but seeing her just simply ask this poor girl if she was alright gave me hope. I know we all have hearts, we just need to tap into them more and make sure we are putting them to good use.
I really admire Ms. Belk. She has a good heart and she really wants the best for her students. Since she has come to Winthrop I feel the program here has improved 2 fold. I don't know how she juggles everything she does. She is full time faculty, she is a full time mom, she is so involved in our program and the professional world in Charlotte. If you have ever seen her resume you would know this woman has the experience to do anything she wanted to. This project that I'm working on for her class is very very time consuming as most of you know but I don't mind one bit. To push students to this point of exhaustion and yet do it in a loving and considerate manner is impressive. Usually it takes very special teachers to push people to their full capacity of creativity and professionalism without turning those students into an enemies. I am glad I took her class over Ms. Song's class (even though I love her a lot too). I know that my interest in the topic helps with this also, but I do really admire her.