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I need to celebrate today. I think the days when it is hardest are the days when celebration is needed the most. Today I am celebrating in pictures from my phone storage.
I saw this scene as I was driving home. I stopped, got out of my car, walked across the street to the bridge to capture the sunset. I celebrate that every day there is beauty in the world.
This bulletin board is outside my room at one of my three schools. This school has a Disney theme this year. I celebrate the students who helped me create this board and I celebrate that the letters are running over the edge of the border and I’m OK with it. I had to “Let it go!” (That’s from another Disney movie, isn’t it?)
This sign was stuck to the mirror at another school. I celebrate the positive messages I’ve received this week from colleagues and friends. They are my rainbows. I received this text on the first day of school: “Just thinking about you and wishing you a very good year at school. I hope your travels to three school goes smoothly.”
Sunsets. Mermaids. Rainbows. Positive, magical messages that make me happy.
What are some of the positive messages you’ve received this week?
Reflections on the Teche 
I love that you are celebrating the fact that the letters run over the edge of the border. I can be a perfectionist and I have been guilty of rearranging letters on a bulletin board over and over again to get them perfectly centered, but I am learning more and more to let it go. I love the positive rainbow quote.
It seems you had a good week, and captured those important moments needed. That first week is so stressful because you want it to be so, so good. I hope you’ve had a nice Saturday and have a lovely Sunday too, Margaret!
I totally get that you were able to “let it go.” It’s challenging to begin the year and can be hard to let go of the little details that we might like to fix. Here’s to continuing sunsets, rainbows, and positive messages to see you through the coming days and weeks as you begin a new year.
Yours is one of the positive messages I received today.
Sent from my iPhone Joy Acey http://www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com
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Margaret, your celebrations ring of positivity today. Isn’t it interesting how letting go of perfection allows our minds to be free of worry and leaves us with time to celebrate life?
I captured your sunset for my Sunkissed Summer Gallery. It will make a wonderful addition.
Wonderful things to celebrate, Margaret.
Margaret, I will be thinking of you tomorrow as you begin your first full week back to school. I appreciate the idea of letting go of perfection. It’s the thought that counts. Your sign reminds me to be intentional about being a rainbow for others and appreciating the ones I have. Thank you for sharing.