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This week I’m thankful for…

• white peaches so juicy that I have to eat them over the sink
• time alone in my classroom to get organized
• opportunities to put on my big girl pants and read something I’ve written.  Out loud.  To other people.  Gulp.
• running into former students around town
• leftovers
• reading and writing in my favorite Chico coffee shop
• carpooling with friends
• my workout buddy
• a fresh haircut
• the hot tub after a long day of travel

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This week I’m thankful for…

• turning my alarm clock off for the summer
• a sweet last day of school with my little ones and some of my awesome parent volunteers
• making cookies with a friend
• vases of fresh flowers given to me on the last day of school
• homemade strawberry blackberry jam made by a friend
• ice-cold watermelon
• warmer weather

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This week I’m thankful for…

• the rain that held off for our field trip to Turtle Bay Museum
• the rain that held off yet again for our swimming trip to the Aquatic Center
• my sweet little one who said “Mrs. McCauley, we’ve been a lot of great places this year, but the swimming field trip was the best!”
• my wonderful parent volunteers who make field trips seamless
• my first grade team
• my husband, who opens the door for me every single time
• riding my bike up hills that are so hard I want to puke
• somehow not puking on those hills
• reading in bed
• ice cold watermelon
• my new writing critique group
• the last day of school tomorrow.  It will be bittersweet, but mostly sweet.  And that’s what I’m most thankful for.

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This week I’m thankful for…

• days when I’m organized enough to leave school shortly after my students
• when the mailbox has something good in it like a magazine or a package
• the Northern California Writing Project and the opportunities they give me to learn and collaborate with my colleagues
• nights when I don’t dream about school and the well-rested mornings that follow
• Q Tips.  I don’t care that they’re not intended for my ears or that in putting them in my ears I may somehow puncture my brain.  I love the feeling of cleaning out my ears.
• getting all four of the hotel pillows to myself
• television finales and the return of summer shows
• my husband, who attended our class musical dress rehearsal and said lovely things about my children
• the looks on the faces of my little ones as they performed our class musical for their loved ones
• teachers being moved to first grade this year who are comfortable enough in their own skin to ask for help
• the opportunity to share what I love with other teachers
• wearing my flannel pajamas, slippers and winter robe in May

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This week I’m thankful for…

• getting a pedicure with my mom
• walking the river trail
• my critique partner at Writers Forum and her helpful suggestions
• leftovers
• rainy weather that lets me wear my winter clothes in May
• sweating hard in spin class and then walking in the rain to my car
• reading in bed with my hubby
• days when the rain holds off until after recess
• the bouquet of roses my husband brought to my classroom
• the little boy who finally nailed his solo during practice for our musical
• the man outside of Barnes and Noble who said “Hey, beautiful, smile.  Every day is a good day.”  It was a particularly rough teaching day and I needed to be reminded that it was still a good day.

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This week I’m thankful for…

• field trips that require me to tromp around outside by creeks and stuff with my little ones.  It’s so cool to take them out in nature.  We capped our last trip off with a picnic lunch.
• parent volunteers
• making my mom laugh on my grandmother’s birthday
• strawberries from the stand
• BikeSnobNYC’s article on Wouter Weylandt
• for my friend, Danielle, who helped me make this flip book of verses I want to memorize.  I’m thankful for creative friends who dream up beautiful things and turn them into reality.

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This week I’m thankful for…

• turning off my alarm clock for the week
• Good Friday service
• Easter Sunday when the rain stopped and the clouds parted in time for church outside
• the hymn In Christ Alone because it brings me to tears every time I hear it
• riding my bike with girlfriends Easter afternoon
• hearing the 5:30am train echoing up from the valley and realizing I can go back to sleep for as long as I want
• reading in bed in the morning

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This week I’m thankful for…

• my grade level partners who always have my back
• parents of current and former students who intrinsically seem to know when I need to hear that I’m doing a good job
• our school librarian for saying I’m the perfect teacher for my most challenging student
• my husband for encouraging me to always listen to my heart when it comes to doing what is best for children
• my sixth grade student TA who looked at our dragonfly nymphs and said “Isn’t it amazing that something so ugly turns into something so beautiful?”  Exactly.
• pedicures
• dates with my mom
• The Sound of Music, which always makes me tear up at least a little, especially at the lyric “I go to the hills when my heart is lonely.”
• reading solely for the pleasure of it
• lazy Saturdays when I read nap and Terry watches baseball naps, too
• warm rain that compels Terry to usher me outside to smell it
• the small window each week wherein all the laundry is washed and put away and the laundry hamper is empty
• walking home from church under a sky of thunderheads that held off the rain long enough for me to make it home
• the little boy who brought his skateboard in as his “Mostest special thing, ever, in the world.  Ever.”
• my darling former student who brought her bunny by after school so I could “finally meet him”.  Henry the Bunny is now my favorite bunny.  Although chocolate bunnies are a close second.
• this clip from 365grateful.com

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