I'm celebrating each Saturday or Sunday with Ruth Ayres at Discover Play Build. Come join in to share your own special celebrations.
Happy New Year to everyone. I'm happy that I've had a wonderful holiday time with family, happy that I have had a long visit with my son, daughter-in-law and grandson now on their way south, back home to begin their own new year. I celebrate that we get to be together so much even though they are far away. And I'm happy that my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters are near.
I celebrate that I can take my time packing the Christmas away, keeping some out for a little while longer, enjoying the good-time memories.
It's also time to celebrate 2016. When I began the school year with my classes, I always began with Eve Merriam's poem, "Metaphor", which begins