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Hey, lovies!
So glad you are here. Today I am linking up with Shaunacey at Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy (not).
Shaunacey has been doing her gratitude posts on Mondays this new year. They have resonated with me because I often times get wrapped all around the hub about the silliest, most trivial things and forget to look at the many blessings I have that far outweigh those nutty little bumps in the road. So, I have kept Shaunacey’s link-up in mind as I have gone through my days lately. And I am making a more conscious effort to look for what I have always called ‘little miracles’.
I used to be more aware of all of the little miracles that make up my day, so I am having to blow the dust off my miracle detector and get better at recognizing them again.
First little miracle.
Yeah, Blow pops.
Two of them.
Remember that I am a little rusty at this, ok?
Last week, I had a little girl new to Guerrero school come to the library to check out books. She had just moved into our school’s neighborhood and I had a funny feeling that the move was sudden and possibly stressful or unhappy. When I pulled up her library account, it showed that she owed three books to her former school library. I asked her about the books and she looked crestfallen. I reassured her that no money was owed for the books and if she could just return them to me, I could send them back to her old school. I told her that I would have a treat for her if she could locate those books.
The next morning she brought me two of the three books. And I had forgotten my promise of a treat. Or maybe I had just dismissed the possibility of ever needing a treat because I figured those books were gone.
But bingo! She brought the books. And when I walked into my office, desperately looking for some kind of treat to reward her with, I found these two Blow pops.
Yay, little miracle #1.
I have been very faithful to my devotional time since joining my friend Sheila’s health challenge the first of the month.
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Sheila blogs over at Making the Most of Every Day, and I would bet you can probably still join the health challenge, if you would like. If you are interested, stop by to visit Sheila or leave me a comment below.
Anyway, as I have shared in past posts, I was a late bloomer when it comes to finding my spiritual self. Read more here. That said, I didn’t spend a lot of time reading the Bible in my younger life and still stumble around trying to find my way at times.
Well, last week, the Bible just fell open to the verses I was looking for as suggested each day by Jesus Calling. And then when I went to church on Saturday night, before the pastor even invited us to open our Bibles, mine opened to Genesis 27. And then Pastor Nieman asked us to open to Genesis 28.
And that is miracle #2.
This past week was a super busy one in the library.
I had PK, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes which translates into six different library lessons for the week. Would love for you to stop by the webpage I have created for the library at Rosa Guerrero School Library, http://rosaguerreroschoollibrary.weebly.com/, to check out some of the things we’ve been up to.
So, I had bear parts, and snowman ingredients and all kinds of things to keep up with. The kindergartners and I read The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming and then “built” our own snowman using the same ingredients listed in sequence in the book.
The story reads like the Twelve Days of Christmas, only it is ten days of items needed to make a snowman. Two seconds before my first kinder class walked in the door, I remembered that I needed to cut out maple leaves to serve as a belt for the snowman. I ran to cut them out in the workroom but couldn’t remember how many I needed.
“On the first day of winter, my best friend gave to me…one red cap with a gold snap. On the second day of winter, my best friend gave to me, two bright blue mittens and a red cap with a gold snap.”
I cut seven maple leaves with the die cut and ran back to the library to greet my class.
Guess what?
Seven leaves.
And that is miracle #3.
I hope my little miracles don’t come off sounding like I am in anyway trivializing miracles or blessings or gratitude. To the contrary, all of these little things made my day, my life so much easier. I remembered to let go and let God, even if it was just for Blow pops and maple leaves, and of course, knowing His way around the Bible.
I think what I want to remember myself and hope to encourage you to think about is this:
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Sweet friends, have you experienced a little miracle this week? Would love for you to share here in a comment below or on my blog Facebook page, right here. Be on the look out, those little miracles are everywhere.
Hugs and kisses,
Sharon
Love this post friend! I thank God everyday that I’m healthy enough to play with my babies and cherish every minute of it. Not sure that’s a miracle but at my age, it sure is a blessing! You are my hero BFF!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
We are so blessed…good lives, good health, loving family. Thank you, sweet BFF! So blessed to have you in my corner.
Shaunacey
thank you so much for linking up sweet friend.
I don’t think your little miracles are trivializing anything, in fact, I absolutely LOVE that you’re finding beautiful moments in the everyday AND that I’m helping you make a point to look for those beautiful moments.
I love how much you are devoted to your profession and the children that you work with!! Your inspirational!
Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thought of you again today when another little miracle happened. Thank you for bringing these special
little gratefuls to my attention again. I do love my profession and was so very sad when I retired. I need
to write that sad story someday. So glad to be back among books and babies. Thank you for your sweet,
sweet words! And your treasured friendship.
Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom
Jesus Calling is such a great book! I need to join Shaunacey for this link up sometime as some weeks I do let a lot of things bother me and I need to be thankful for all the blessings I do have! I love the story of the girl and the blow pops! You seem to really care about these students and I can tell you really enjoy your job!
Carrie
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Leslie Roberts Clingan
Oh, Carrie, these babies are precious to me. I do love my students, no matter which school I am working in.
Thank you for sweet words. I love Jesus Calling as it always reads fresh and new and applicable even after reading
it year after year.