Notes from public school - day 68

Thanksgiving holiday.

I love it!

Of all the holidays we celebrate throughout the year, Thanksgiving is my favorite.

I love the tenderness in it.

I love the thankfulness in it.

I love the togetherness in it.

As a teacher, one of the most tender moments in my school year is turning out the lights of my classroom and walking out of the front doors of the school building into 5 days of family, friends, food and fun.

Ah, rest after months of good, hard work.

As I take a few days from writing ‘Notes,’ I’m thankful for you, gentle reader.

Thank you for walking along beside me during this school year, holding hands with my words as we journey through the days in my classroom and look into the faces of my students.

The picture below is one of my favorites from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

It is symbol of the kind of community I work to build every day.

I’m thankful we’re together in it.

Happy Thanksgiving!