Thankful Thursday #8

This week I’m thankful for…

the pink sunset reflecting off the white cap of Mt. Lassen
bedhead so terrible that I actually jumped at the shadow it cast on the wall. No joke. Then I woke Terry with it and scared the pants off of him, too.
magazines in the mailbox
walking to church Sunday mornings
Monday holidays
Donald Miller’s take on gratitude
when Terry puts gas in my car
raspberry apple flavored water

Thankful Thursday #7

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.

This week I’m thankful for…

catching snowflakes on my tongue
the way Terry jumped over furniture just to get to me and kiss me at midnight on New Year’s Eve
my friend, Abby, who found my ring after I accidentally flung it out the car window-oops!
fresh pineapple
game night with friends
sack lunches in the sunshine
avocados
walking my neighborhood at night when the stars are out
having lots of my “fat clothes” taken in and giving the rest of them away
time with my students after such a long break
Terry cooking me vanilla pancakes
time to write poetry
my nephew who needed just one more hug and kiss before I left

This week I’m thankful…

for a quiet Christmas morning with Terry
for time to read good books
to spend time with friends
for feeding my littlest nephew a pear for the first time
to ride with the top down on the MINI and watch the clouds shift against the winter night sky
for In-N-Out cheeseburgers
to walk in the sprinkling rain with new friends
for pedicures
for dollar night at the movie theater
for the smell of laundry fresh from the dryer
for this story of a man who changed his life for the better simply by writing thank you notes

What are you thankful for?

This week I’m thankful for…

parking inside my garage so I don’t have to scrape ice off my windshield in the morning
the all the pet names Terry calls me
staying in my pajamas all day
turning my alarm clock off for two weeks
poppy-seed dressing
that moment when Terry walks through the door from working out-of-town
my step-dad who fixed the broken manger in my grandmother’s nativity set
zucchini and bell pepper scrambles and leisurely mornings to eat them
the lunar eclipse that made the moon red and reminded me of Brandon Heath’s song Red Sky

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