Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Gratitude Gifts Today



Today I am grateful for these gifts:


- phone calls from the sub office


- lunch made the night before


- ginger lemon tea


- a warm shower


- Oil of Olay skin creme


- Burt’s Bees colored lip gloss


- good driving conditions


- smiles to greet me in grade 1


- great lesson plans :)


- organized systems for hot lunch orders


- playing games to discover the sounds of letters


- little ones echo reading


- watching pointer fingers follow the words


- eyes lighting up as I hear “Hey, I get it!”


- mini-muffins for snack


- hot chocolate + coffee + flavoured creamer


- helpful colleagues checking in on me


- reading stories 


- beautiful illustrations


- favourite authors


- kids having fun on crazy carpets on the big hill


- warm winter clothes


- Kleenex in my pocket


- cooperation and good natures


- sandwiches


- time to read independently


- math word stories


- “Tell another one!”


- after school visiting


- shared pizza bread


- a pot of tea


- non-stop chatting


- a listening friend


- coming home to supper ready to heat


- popcorn with melted butter


- warm air blowing from the furnace


- a rocking chair


- making lists


- warm gloves


- the last piece of Red Velvet Cake with cream cheese icing


- email messages


- going to bed early



holy experience

3 comments:

  1. Sounds like you had a grand, fulfilling day.
    Susan

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  2. So many great things in your day. Nothing quite like a pot of tea shared with friends.

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  3. some might think a lot on that list be mundane - things we take for granted - pass us by - entitlements even. I read them and had a skip in my heart. A gentle reminder that in our day our hundreds of blessings. Surely, the more we acknowledge the greater the blessing. Thank you for sharing.

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