I am grateful to have my kitchen unpacked and I am looking forward to my first batch of chocolate chip cookies; I am grateful the pile of of empty boxes outside my back door from all the other things I have unpacked in the last week; I am grateful that tomorrow I get to keepContinue reading “October 22nd’s 3 things from my new home.”
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3 things of Gratitude on this 21st day of October…
I’m not going to be a total Debbie Downer, but I can’t let this day go by and not acknowledge that it is the day I convinced my mother to go into the hospital after a fall down the stairs. She had been in bed for the week with “the flu” but we were afraidContinue reading “3 things of Gratitude on this 21st day of October…”
October 20, 2022
Today’s 3 things – nice and easy… I am grateful I made it to the gas station before I ran out of gas; I am grateful I had money to put gas in my car; I’m grateful I have a reliable car that can take me wherever I want to go. #choosejoy #gratitude #3things
The Gratitude Reboot
Oct 19, 2022 – 3 things Today I am grateful to find peace where I once was troubled; today I am grateful to be settling into my new home – purchased by me and no one else; today I am grateful for all of the women who came before me that made it possible forContinue reading “The Gratitude Reboot”
3 things – simple
August 8, 2022 I am grateful for late night, left over pizza and garlic butter; I am very grateful for this streaming ice machine thingy that goes through my current brace- it is very soothing (as is the pizza, if I’m being honest); I am grateful for my amazing friend and her timely, post-it noteContinue reading “3 things – simple”
Summer 2022 is almost gone but my to do list isn’t finished.
August 7, 2022 I am grateful that when I tore my ACL abroad that I did not break anything else the multiple times I fell as I continued to walk 5-7 miles a day. I tore it on the plane ride over, but when school starts it will be because… I tore my ACL inContinue reading “Summer 2022 is almost gone but my to do list isn’t finished.”
July ? 3 things – it is summer and I’m a teacher…
I am grateful that my trip abroad with students and parents finally happened and we had a successful educational experience. I am grateful for the roof over my head and the home I have built for myself, but I have really been missing my house and my outdoor space. I pray real estate prices comeContinue reading “July ? 3 things – it is summer and I’m a teacher…”
July 7, 2022 Salzburg
As we load the bus in the last day of this 14 day WWII Tour across Europe our perspective can’t help but be modified. The devastation and cruelty of war, of that war – how does our world not learn? I hope my students have been positively affected by this experience and knowledge and theirContinue reading “July 7, 2022 Salzburg”
My Three Things from Berlin on July 4th, 2022
Berlin, Germany I am grateful for all that I have and for all that this life has to offer me in 2022; I am grateful for this WWII History tour and all that I have learned and experienced so far – so sad, yet so proud to be American; I am grateful that my studentContinue reading “My Three Things from Berlin on July 4th, 2022”
Bastogne, Belgium and my 3 things
July 2, 2022 Today I am grateful to be an American – and so proud. I know we are not a perfect nation, and I know our nation doesn’t always do the right thing. But the soldiers that liberated this city in WWII, and the soldiers that died trying to do so are incredibly celebratedContinue reading “Bastogne, Belgium and my 3 things”
fields of poppies 