122. God is on my side
123. Dinner at Tofu House with my roomie!
124. encouraging conversations with my roomie
125. finding and buying Dutch Blitz at Bereab
126. Thankful Thursday!
127. Happy Food leftovers for tomorrow!
128. laughing
129. helping my roomie assemble her wedding invitations
130. finding out Daniel has a new walker and is doing a lot more walking!!!
131. fun times with friends
132. "Shake It" silliness
133. celebrating Sarah McCracken's birthday
134. food, fun, and laughter at Corvette Diner
135. spending time with Jeff and Kim
136. playing Disney Scene It and knowing almost every answer ~ and yes, my team won! :)
137. my friendship with Sarah for 18 years and counting
138. spending time with Diane and Chris ~ I love our conversations
139. being asked to be the photographer for the evening
140. It's Friday!!!
141. spending more time with Chris and Diane ~ watching tv and talking
142. walking to R's first Little League game ~ 4.27 miles in 1 hour and 2 minutes
143. watching R play baseball
144. watching his team win
145. D wanting me to sit by him in the car
146. D inviting me to dinner, even though it didn't work out it was still thoughtful and sweet
147. a warm sunshine filled day
148. the ability to push through my hip, knee and back pain and keep walking
149. safety and protection on my walk
150. my health
151. spending time with my sister and nephews
151. spending time with my sister and nephews
152. free ticket to Legoland for teacher appreciation days
153. meeting the pirate Lego man
154. enjoying watching D and R enjoying Legoland
155. laughing and screaming on the rides
156. holding D's hand while walking
157. The Amazing Race
158. getting to bed before 10pm
159. sleep
160. taking photos
161. 19 Kids and Counting
162. His mercies are new every morning
163. new perspective on anger ~ thanks Ann Voskamp and God for reminding me to look at Him ~ page 126 in One Thousand Gifts
164. learning to be thankful for challenging students and situation ~ what does God want to teach me? why is He causing or allowing it? don't just wish it away ~ learn from it!
165. rain
166. songs, singing, music
167. reading stories to the class
168. moments to sit back and observe
169. perseverance
170. endurance
171. kids missing doing the prayer box
172. how the kids make me laugh
173. re-reading page 126 and being reminded again how "I smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love?..."
174. no matter how many times I mess up, make mistakes, God always forgives. He always extends His grace and love. I can't out sin it!
175. the reminder to see others, especially those who annoy me, as God sees them and created them
176. hearing one of my student's laugh and seeing her whole face light up with joy
177. discovering a major factor to a behavior issue ~ need to teach compassion and empathy more ~ caring and loving others
178. great discussion about being respectful with my kiddos
179. running into Kaytee at Target
180. God's glory displayed in an amazing sunset
181. being calmer and more self-controlled today
182. the warm sunshine
183. motivation to clean the bathroom
184. finding new, cute, fun works for Practical Life
185. God giving me a great idea on making a book to display 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and to teach the kids about God's love and how we can love others
186. N calling me mom
187. A's laughter and joy
188. a cool breeze on a hot day
189. the way looking for gratitude and things to be thankful for are changing my heart and life
190. starry night
191. Scholastic Book order came in
192. great conversations about school and education with Jon and Sheryl Wu
193. dessert
194. unclogging the toilet at work and choosing to look for the joy and what to be thankful for in the situation ~ seeing the beauty in the ugly
195. my former roomie and friend Sara being born yesterday and that God brought her into my life
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