What's this?! A "Weekly Update" on a Wednesday? Indeed! I will keep this post slightly short because 1) many of you probably are not expecting me to do a "Weekly Update" on the day before Thanksgiving and 2) I know that many of you are probably getting ready for tomorrow's festivities. Check Edmodo throughout the weekend for information on your Independent Book Project. I will also be asking who would like certain roles for next week’s “Reader’s Theater” of A Christmas Carol, so stay tuned for that as well.
In the spirit of what tomorrow is, I would encourage you to consider all that you are thankful for in your lives. I think in our “busy” world it’s all too easy to forget what truly matters. I stumbled upon this a while ago, but I have not been able to find the author. Still, I think it gets the point across that we all have reasons to be thankful, even on the most difficult days (like when we lose our voices out of the blue!):
“I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means that I have been surrounded by friends. I am
thankful for the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking. I am
thankful for the pile of laundry and ironing because it means I have clothes to wear. I am thankful for weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means that I have been capable of working hard. I am thankful for
the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I’m alive.”
Oh, and in case you never knew (which is highly unlikely!), I’m thankful for you, my past and present students, for sharing your stories, for making me laugh, for keeping me spirited, for teaching me patience, and for reminding me why I believe in you all so much. My "dear friend" Reba McEntire once said, "To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone." The "wishbone" is a part of a turkey. Although I no longer eat turkey, I remember that when I was younger, on Thanksgiving, we used to make a competition out of breaking the "wishbone" for good luck. I'm not sure if I ever won any of these competitions, but I'd like to think that I at least had more luck than that turkey!
-Ms. Sanford
In the spirit of what tomorrow is, I would encourage you to consider all that you are thankful for in your lives. I think in our “busy” world it’s all too easy to forget what truly matters. I stumbled upon this a while ago, but I have not been able to find the author. Still, I think it gets the point across that we all have reasons to be thankful, even on the most difficult days (like when we lose our voices out of the blue!):
“I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means that I have been surrounded by friends. I am
thankful for the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking. I am
thankful for the pile of laundry and ironing because it means I have clothes to wear. I am thankful for weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means that I have been capable of working hard. I am thankful for
the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I’m alive.”
Oh, and in case you never knew (which is highly unlikely!), I’m thankful for you, my past and present students, for sharing your stories, for making me laugh, for keeping me spirited, for teaching me patience, and for reminding me why I believe in you all so much. My "dear friend" Reba McEntire once said, "To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone." The "wishbone" is a part of a turkey. Although I no longer eat turkey, I remember that when I was younger, on Thanksgiving, we used to make a competition out of breaking the "wishbone" for good luck. I'm not sure if I ever won any of these competitions, but I'd like to think that I at least had more luck than that turkey!
-Ms. Sanford