• back massage
• living close enough to mom & dad that I can stop by spontaneously
• garlic bread
• Smartwool socks
• 2nd grade jokes: "Mrs. Beverly, how many months have 28 days?" "Just February - the rest have 30 or 31 days." "Nope, they all do!" How did I fall for that?!

• walking to church
• hints of spring
• lunch date and much needed conversation with a good friend
• soul friends
• Cadbury mini-eggs
• hand-me-downs

• in and out of Shop Rite in under 20 mins.
• visit with my great-grandfather, better known as Pop
• curtains complete!
• walk with mom
• taking pictures
• Chili's chips & salsa
• keeping warm by the fire

• cute new rain boots, and the chance to wear them
• classroom meetings that end in a group hug!
• delicious homemade pizza
• photography tips
• wine and cheese
• answered prayers

I am having to search harder and deeper for these "little things" lately. It seems bad news is abounding, but that is all the more reason to keep at it. I need to constantly remind myself that God is faithful, even in the storms of life. Here's today's list:

• 40 hands pitching in to have a clean, germ-free classroom
• "Tuesday" by David Wiesner
• a no-homework night with my husband
• power of prayer
• our pastor and church family

• kids in pajamas
• Fruit Loops spelling activity
• using break time to actually take a break :)
• supportive coworkers
• phone dates, planned and unplanned
• early bed time

• "specials" classes
• proud sister moments at today's ECMS boys basketball game
• dinner & conversation with my parents
• rewarding students for a job well done
• a song that spoke to me: Francesca Battestelli's "This is the Stuff"