This week I’m thankful for…

• the beautiful notebook a friend made for me.
• the little boy in my classroom who was so excited about a card I’d put in his mailbox that he hugged my leg extra tight
• Ruby Bridges for inspiring my kids to be brave
• Martin Luther King, Jr. for giving me goosebumps every time I hear his speech
• sheets fresh from the dryer
• cold Saturday mornings perfect for writing in bed
• my Words With Friends friends
• frigid bike rides followed by scalding hot showers
• one of my little girls, who on finding out we were getting yet another new student, said “We are the luckiest class-we always get new friends!”,  I’ve welcomed three new kids into our class within a week.  I’m going to try hard to have the same perspective as the little girl and think about how lucky I am to spend time with these new little ones.
• the little girl in my class who, after writing pages and pages of a story, proclaimed, “Mrs. McCauley, I wrote lots of Golden Lines.”  Yes you did, little one, yes you did.
• Terry, always Terry.