LOVE! Valentine’s Day is a day when we stop and celebrate love. I believe it’s important to always act in a loving way to everyone. (It’s not always easy though.) Today to celebrate love, I’m going to make a list of people and things I love…

1. My parents
2. Being an auntie to Jack and Jillian
3. Having the BEST aunts in the world!
4. Teaching the most AMAZING students in the universe!
5. Writing
6. Being a friend and having friends that make me laugh and listen to me
7. Owning my cozy home
8. BELLA!!! Cuddles and always happy…no matter what!
9. Strong women in my family, like my grandmothers!
10. I LOVE !!!!!!!! and ……… and ?!?!?!?

I am continuing this blog post from the first class, so my five minute Friday, may be twenty minute Friday. I’m finding it challenging to get back into the thought process after a block of teaching, but here goes nothing…

11. Peppermint Coffee
12. Snow days…it’s like getting the gift of time
13. Kind words…showing kindness is a LOVING gesture and makes us all happier!
14. Stickers!
15. Finding just the right book at just the right moment!
16. Anne Shirley…my kindred spirit (in book characters)
17. Comfy shoes
18. Warm soft sweatshirt (Can you tell it’s cold?)
19. Working with motivated and enthusiastic teachers!
20. Unexpected surprises