Literally, Tanya D.

My very first class of kiddos is about 28/29 years old!! How about yours? 💙

❤️ Under 10 Years Old
🧡 11-15 Years Old
💛 16-20 Years Old
💚 21-25 Years Old
💙26-30 Years Old
💜 31-35 Years Old
🖤 36 and Older
🩷I can't remember 😂

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We’re in the middle if a post-holiday week, and it’s almost May, and I need you to remember that teachers are people.

Teachers have moms and dads and babies and friends and significant others and feelings and burdens.

Teachers get to school early, and leave late, and worry. They text each other on Sundays, grade on Saturdays, and spend too much of their own money on classrooms that are second homes. Rugs and lamps. Juice boxes and snacks. Framed pictures and extra chargers.

Teachers wonder about your kids, build relationships with your kids, and remember them years later. Teachers worry about them, and are thankful for them even years later. Possession changes—they are your kids, but they are their kids, too.

Teachers inspire, protect, defend, and advocate for your kids. Every single day.

Ceaselessly. Doggedly. Unashamedly. Teachers root for for the underdogs and cheer for the successes and even when their hands are tired of clapping—they just don’t stop.

They are exhausted. It’s spring, and your kids are tired, and you’re tired, and teachers are trying to make up the difference. And that difference sometimes looks like bigger gestures, later nights planning new, inventive lessons, more excitement, more, more, more.

More.
More.
More.

They somehow always find a way to do more with less.

The final bell rings, they sit at their desks, and they take a deep breath. And they’ll do it all again the next day, and the next. Because teachers are rooted in love.

It’s a marathon.

It’s not a sprint.

And they signed up for the long haul.

And your kids are worth it.

So today, when you’re dropping off your kids—say an extra prayer of thanks for the teachers. Chances are? Your kid’s teacher is offering one up, too—one full of joy and gratitude—just for your baby.

And the way I see it?

The world could use more of that right now.

xoxo, B.

This share is for all the kids who dream big with a pen and pad close at hand, who keep their head in the clouds and let their doodles guide them!

From a proud aunt….to all the teachers & encouragers who love Disney, check out the link below in support of my AWESOME nephew!

Around here, we stay curious…keep exploring new paths….we keep moving forward! ✨✨✨

https://www.disneystore.com/lilo-stitch-pin-by-isaiah-sierson-disney-artist-spotlight-limited-edition-438013644582.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3s0PyanTfD4riRB41T4Xb3S66bbaOTTutPCWtLHSsBabWYYko8qChP0XQ_aem_Z05iLGnlvehMoe4asOvypQ

Lilo & Stitch Pin by Isaiah Sierson – Disney Artist Spotlight – Limited Edition | Disney Store Back History Month shines a spotlight on designer Isaiah Oni Sierson III who, in celebrating his commitment to friends and family, has created this limited edition cloisonné Lilo & Stitch pin as part of the Disney Artist Series. Enhanced with with pearlescent elements, the pin comes on a folded car...

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…first read of the year is finally here! What’s on your list? 📚

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Sweet Saturday morning silence…..just me, my thoughts & a good read…..🥰

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🟠🔵🟢🌎 Happy International Dot Day!
Make your mark and celebrate creativity, courage, and collaboration. https://bit.ly/3XoX0zT
International Dot Day Peter H. Reynolds

It’s Day 4 and the reality of the work is setting in. A quick note of affirmation before the day’s end is the goal for each day this week. Know a teacher? Find a little way to lift them up as they begin the “heart” work of the year. ♥️📝

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A message for new teachers from Rebecka Peterson. Read all her advice here: https://edut.to/3ydlHXJ

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Accurate. 😴 😆