Smiling Is My Favorite

I smile a lot.

I can't help it sometimes.

Why? 

I do not have everything. 

I have enough.



So grateful for moments like this 


So, it is the season of Lent; a time when Catholics miss their chocolate and booze and try to better themselves, and get closer to God.  I am thankful for this time of the year, and so are my hips.  Goodbye to sweets until Easter.  Also, I am going to try my best to do a random act of kindness each day. 

I decided that when the weather begins to get cold next fall, I am going to pick up some new winter hobbies.  I miss ultimate and playing outside SO MUCH.  I never appreciate warm weather as much as I do in the middle of February, when I am ghostly pale and freezing.
Next year - more skiing and more gym time.  Speaking of skiing....it was so much fun!!  Why had I not tried that before?  I need a new go-to for "Never Have I Ever."

I am thankful for all of the kiddos and their families' hard work in raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  I was so pleased to see my fourth graders proudly donate their pennies and teach the younger students about cancer. 



We raised over $6,700 for LLS!



I achieved a goal of mine: to involve my students in a form of community service.  I owe it all to Mrs. Dusza, my neighbor at school.  She worked her tail off putting the fundraiser together (literally - her back really hurts).  Between climbing ladders to hang our 1,000 paper cranes, to counting tons of pennies (they were really heavy, maybe not a ton), she made it all happen. What will I do without her next year!?

I am thankful for the thousands of volunteers to participated in the National Day of Service on MLK Day.
I am thankful for Jon taking care of me when I was sick and for writing lyrics for a pump-up song for the LLS fundraiser
I am thankful for friends, especially when they are dressed as pirates.
I am thankful for family, especially when they drive from NJ to see me and bring the pups!



I guess the kids didn't hear me when I said I gave up sweets...

I am thankful for the 20 little darlings who run my life.