february 14

yes, yesterday was valentine's day.  gag.  i have never liked that holiday.  nothing traumatic ever happened to me on another valentine's day.  in fact it was 16 years ago on february 14th that daryl told me he loved me for the first time.  and i cried.  that's a happy memory.

my students are always sweet to me on valentine's day.  this year i asked for dry erase markers instead of a bunch of chocolate.  i got lots of markers and just the right amount of chocolate!  i also got 2 sock monkeys!!!  they are adorable.

photo of the day

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new monkey friends!

you'll notice behind the monkeys there is a single red rose.  one of our school secretaries delivered these to all the female teachers at school saying they were from an anonymous donor.  i assumed it was from our principal, but he sent us an email later in the day explaining they were from an anonymous person who believes that no lady should be without a rose on valentine's day.  how sweet is that?

i was telling spencer about it, and he said the female teachers at his school got them, too!  apparently, every female teacher in the DISTRICT received a rose yesterday.  rumor has it that an older gentleman from our community sent them to all of us. he was married to a teacher who passed away last year.  if this story is true, that is one of the sweetest things i have ever heard.

that's what valentine's day should be about.  sharing your love with others because you want to, not because you have to.  i hate hearing people ask what their sweetheart is getting them or expecting to get something.  that's just wrong to me!  that's not what love is about.  and i feel like you should express your love at any time in any way....not when the world says you are supposed to!  it's much more fun to receive a note or gift at some random time just because that person was thinking about you!

ok....i'm off of my soap box now.  i hope you enjoyed your february 14th in whatever way you celebrated it.

quote of the day:  "and now these three remain:  faith, hope and love. but the greatest of these is love." ~ god