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This week I’m thankful for…

• free frozen yogurt
• the rainbow painting one of my little ones gave me
• the little one who stopped at the end of the day just to tell me, “Thank you for teaching me, Mrs. McCauley.”
• the film Rising From the Ashes
• Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem Kindness
• Lori Gard’s article What Students Remember Most About Teachers
• waking to the sound of rain
• the smell of rain
• Edith, my new Ugandan friend, who lives right here in my town
• the inspiring athletes of the winter Olympics, specifically the ice dancers, the short track speed skaters, the curlers and the snowboard cross racers.
• explaining the winter Olympics to my youngest son in Uganda
• catching up with old friends
• Valentine’s Day with my little ones
• homemade cheesecake
• Glide floss
• Cadbury Mini Eggs
• silly dancing with The Hubs