It’s Five Minute Friday and I am joining Lisa-Jo Baker and other FMF girls to write flat out for five minutes. No editing, no polishing, and then linking up together. I am loving this challenge! I hope you enjoy it too! Check out what Five Minute Friday is all about here!
GRATEFUL
GO…
I am grateful for…
The ordinary of life
The day to day routines that are ingrained in our souls
The rhythm of life that beats out a steady pattern of reassurance
The Monday through Friday that takes me to Room 111
My job – my passion as a teacher!
This week shows up each year on the calendar as Teacher Appreciation Week. As the years have gone by, less parents remember and make note of this week. Students many times will follow their parents lead but then their are those who would give you anything. They love you unconditionally, hang on your every word and intuitively know what you need when you need it.
Twenty-five students occupy the desks in the classroom, listen and learn most days inspite of the messiness of their lives that mark their time away from school. Twenty – five students want my love, my attention, and my everything from 8:15 AM to 2:45 PM each day.
As tangible gifts have virtually disappeared from sight as a way to show appreciation, I recognize that it is about the 25 gifts I have sitting before me each day when I walk into my classroom.
These children give what little they have but every little piece of them was poured into the gifts they laid before me!
Such beautiful reminders because they gave from the heart and poured every ounce of love into each gift. They made my ordinary – extraordinary because they embraced “grateful” and passed it on! They gave their greatest gifts and for this I am forever grateful!
STOP
I am thanking God today for the blessings of a job that wraps my passion in the guise of work. What are you grateful for today?
Blessings,
Mary
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This was oh so beautiful! What a wise & true perspective! Your students are blessed to have you, Mary!
Your words blessed me! it’s so nice to gain a new perspective that affirms I am doing what I should be! Always glad when you stop by, Sybil!
Such a wonderful list of things to be grateful for. Your kids are fortunate to have a teacher with such a wonderful heart.
Blessed you stopped by today, Mitzi! I love that God gives each of us a heart that expands as we reach out and love others in our daily lives. Happy weekend!
Mary, your students are truly blessed to have you! Teachers do not only have a career. They have a ministry! Always grateful to land on one of your posts. Have a blessed weekend!
Your words are so sweet and encouraging! At the end of a long school year it is so good to know that you have made a difference whether big or small. I am so blessed when you stop by Joanne and love seeing your beautiful face! Happy Mother’s Day!
You are an awesome teacher, Mary! What a blessing for those children and families, whether they recognize it or not. Know that God sees and knows and notices. Thank you for sharing your teacher’s heart with us today.
Blessed you stopped by Holly! Thank you for reminding me that God sees and notices. Happy weekend and Happy Mother’s Day!
Your kids are blessed to have you as their teacher. Thank you for reminding me that His beauty is everywhere.
Thanks, Barbie! I love seeing you over here at my place. I am so blessed by your honesty which inspires me to write more openly!
Lovely thoughts in this stressful time. It is sad that more parents don’t remember Teacher Appreciation week (and now that I see this, I feel bad that I didn’t take my daughter’s preschool teacher anything – this week was such a stressful one for me that I totally forgot – will have to take her something on Monday) week, but it is so great that you can appreciate the little things. I teach college and none of them think of us as “teachers” anymore. 🙂
Blessed you stopped by, Sue! Even though parents do not always remember Teacher Appreciation week, I was given such beautiful gifts by my students who gave me their hearts. Happy Mother’s Day!
Stopping by from FMF. Grateful for the time and care teachers like you put into the lives of children like mine. 🙂
I am honored to be able to walk into my classroom each day and see twenty -five 3rd graders who look to me for so much-learning is just one small part of the whole process. Blessed you stopped by today! Mary
I’m stopping by from Five Minute Friday. What a gift to be a teacher that makes a difference by sharing your grateful heart with the young ones that you influence each day! Thanks for teaching. I know that teaching is not always easy. Keep up the passion of sharing with others!
Thank you for visiting, Julie! I am lucky that teaching is my job and my passion. Blessings to you this weekend!