Small Blessings!

My main purpose for this post is to share about two blessings that I recieve five times a week! As many of you know, I am not a morning person. God knows this...He MADE me! So, because He is good and knows me so perfectly, He has used two of my favorite things to bless each morning:people and animals!

As I drive into Kilgore, I take a loop that sends me close to my school. Off of the loop lives a sweet old man. This man looks around his late 60s-70s and is tan. Why does it matter that he is tan, you may be asking? Well, this sweet old man drives his motorized wheelchair to the edge of his driveway and waves at all of the people in the cars passing by in the morning. Ever y morning I have gone to work this week, I have a recieved a wave and a nod! I am sure the intention of this funny man is to make people's days...and he sure does make mine! If he only knew how much of an encouragement he is to me in the mornings, I think he'd quit from being overly appreciated! I'm really contemplating stopping to thank him one of these days; maybe I should bring him coffee when it gets colder! What a sweet blessing! I hope I use anything I can still do when I am old for others!

My second blessing every morning comes in the form of two dogs. If you know me, you know that I am helplessly in love with canines! If I had a lot of money, I'd give it to save dogs like the lady on Last Chance Highway (she is my hero!) Anyways, as I turn onto the street my school is on, there is a house with a chain link fence. Inside this fence there are two dogs: a golden retriever and a small white and red dog. Every morning I have gone to work, these dogs are playing together. They chase each other, roll around...I even saw the little one running underneath the golden retriever! They are best friends! Even when I leave and they are sleeping, they lay together. How does this touch my life? For one, I just think it's uber cute! But also, it reminds me of the value of friends...it makes me appreciate those in my life who have been by my side! I especially am reminded recently of my two friends who are teaching at this school with me! They have been life savers! I love them! I feel like such a nerd (because I am) because I literally laugh out loud when I pass these furry little friends! Just like the old man, if they only knew how much they made my morning! I just want to hug them! (My principal may not like the dog hair on my clothes and I bet the pet owners wouldn't appreciate the weirdo who stops by their fence)!

Thank you, God for these sweet things!

In other news, I have been super busy with school preparation! School starts in T minus 2 days! WOW. My mom is coming out to spend the day with me tomorrow and help me get a few last minute things in order! I am a bit nervous...but not too bad right now. I have been pushing it to the back of my mind and acting like it's not actually happening! HA! That'll be a rude awakening Monday morning!

I met 18/20 of my kids last night! I am really excited about building relationships with these lovelies! Pray for me and my kids this year!

I will post pictures of my classroom soon! I have only had it organized for about 20 minutes, then the kids came in for meet the teacher and it got torn apart! BUT, I will post pictures soon! I also plan on taking pictures of our new place, but we are going to paint in the next few months, SO I will wait!