Category: Thankful Thursdays

Each week I take note of big and little things I’m thankful for. Gratitude takes practice and this is my practicing place.

Thankful Thursday #45

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • sleeping spread eagle in bed
  • the dollar movie theater
  • walking through piles of leaves
  • hot showers
  • reading in bed
  • morning music to psych me up for work after a couple of particularly hard work days
  • my little one who read this out of his notebook: “I am a fun kid.  I love school.”  This was on the heels of a couple of days wherein he lived out the consequences for peppering the playground with a litany of profanity.  It’s proof once again that children need those boundaries.

Thankful Thursday #44

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • walks on the River Trail with friends
  • stories from my firefighter friend about Fire
  • dried mangoes
  • growing pumpkin seeds with my class
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • broccoli cheddar soup
  • books that make me laugh out loud
  • writing poetry with my little ones
  • Terry’s cologne
  • seedless grapes
  • the fact that I’m still wearing short sleeves and skirts in October

Thankful Thursday #43

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • Condoleezza Rice’s take on receiving opinions “I welcome your opinions, but not your uninformed opinions.”  My thoughts exactly on people who cast judgment on teachers when they themselves haven’t spent a single day in the classroom.
  • pretzel crumbles on Moosetracks ice cream
  • dinner bubbling in the Crock Pot all day Sunday while I read a stack of magazines and books
  • when a book reads quickly
  • cold chocolate milk
  • this post by Chris Brogan on time well spent
  • Apple Crumble scented Wallflowers from Bath & Body Works.  It’s the perfect Fall scent.
  • dresses and tall boots

Thankful Thursday #42

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Image from “Rain”, a breathtaking installation by Stacee Kalmanovsky

This week I’m thankful for…

  • waking to the sound of rain
  • the scent of rain on asphalt wafting in through my open classroom door
  • the little ones whispering in the corner of the class about how much they love school
  • the part of the pumpkin life cycle where they shrink back to the earth
  • my little ones who loved smelling, feeling and examining our old pumpkins with magnifying glasses
  • my bathrobe
  • Donald Miller’s book Through Painted Deserts
  • my dear friend who is on the road trip of his life and calls me to tell me about all the quirky things he sees on the road.  His calls make me laugh so hard that I cry and cry so hard that I laugh.
  • soaking in my hot tub while it drizzles
  • morning prayer time with my hubby
  • my teaching team
  • my Fall clothes
  • hot mint tea on a cold Fall day

Thankful Thursday #41

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • the volunteers in my classroom
  • my former student who sought me out to tell me she has a new baby sister
  • a taste of Fall weather
  • my dentist for making major dental work bearable
  • soft foods that require minimal chewing
  • my teaching partners
  • the feel of my husband’s stubbly cheek
  • piles of pumpkins at the grocery store
image courtesy of Ryan Donnell for The New York Times