Giving Thanks.

I was in a first grade classroom the other day while the students we're making paper turkeys and on each feather they had to write one thing they were thankful for. I was so impressed and amazed with some of the things they came up with. It made me stop and think that I'm not sure that I've ever really thought about and created a list of things I am thankful for when it was actually Thanksgiving. Usually, at this time in the semester I am caught up saying things like "Thank God we have Thanksgiving break" or "Thankfully this semester is almost over". It tends to be a pretty stressful time in college life. However, I feel that I am in a very different place this year and feeling much more thankful for everyone.
If a first grader can reflect and actually list the things they are truly thankful for, than so can I.

Here goes:

I am SO thankful for my student teaching experience and the happiness it has brought me. There hasn't been one day that I haven't wanted to wake up super early and spend my day with those kids. It is just such an amazing feeling to know that my career is going to make me so happy. I'm also thankful for the all the people involved in my student teaching that are willing to teach me and help me become a better teacher.

I am super thankful for my family for supporting me and to have put me through four years of a not so cheap college so that I could literally follow my dreams. There probably is no way I could ever pay them back, but I hope I can at least make them proud!

And I am so thankful for all my friends. Especially my friends that have never left my side no matter how far apart we may actually be living from each other. It's so nice to know that I have so many people that I can turn to that I know will always be there.

As I was in the copy room of my elementary school waiting for my copies to be finished, I found this poem that a teacher had left behind. I immediately fell in love and took it with me. It's perfect for this post:

Thanks to You
Every night as you climb into bed

Let these thoughts swim through your head

Did you make someone smile today?

Did you drive someone's blues away?

And if you did

Remember this

Every bit of good that you do

Makes this world a better place...

THANKS TO YOU!

Just a thought...

Something I've been thinking about lately...


There are so many people living in this world just going about their days simultaneously and there are so many people you see everyday or pass by once that you probably have so much in common with. There's so much we don't know about so many people, even those that we are close to and yet you could have very similar lives. It just boggles my mind.


I also love the saying about smiling at people when you pass them because you don't know what they're goig through and you just might brighten day. I consciously try to think about this everyday.