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Thankful for Birthday Blessings

Thankful for Birthday Blessings


It's Thankful Thursday and my heart is overwhelmed with love and gratitude.  You see, yesterday was my birthday.  It was the best birthday I ever had! So on this Thankful Thursday I wanted to share my day with you. This was my desk with so many flowers.  Each child brought in a flower and gave it to me. Each morning all of the three and four year old Pre-K classes gather in the Ramada to say the pledge of allegiance together.  And then they called me up as everyone sang Happy Birthday to Miss Debbie. Check out the birthday cake.  There wasn't a …
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Debbie Petras
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True Peace

True Peace


If you asked most people what they would love to have, many would say ...peace. As I gaze at this photo, I could just imagine my husband and me sitting in those lounge chairs having a very peaceful and relaxing time. Source: toexploretheworld.tumblr.com via Debbie on Pinterest Tami of The Next Step chose a quote about peace for this week's "In Other Words Tuesday": “True peace comes from embracing what is, not from ceaseless striving to change everything around me to make my  life more safe, secure, comfortable.”   Dan Meadows in the Mosaic …
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Debbie Petras
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The Joy of Learning

The Joy of Learning


There is a joy in learning.  I've always had a love for reading.  As a child, I vividly remember my mom reading to me.  I would sit with her for hours. I think these memories are so strong for me since I was sedentary the first seven years of my life due to a congenital heart defect. But now I get to participate with three and four year old children as they are beginning to learn to read.  Each week, they have new sight words such as "the", "as", "see", etc. The children get very excited as they learn new words and get…
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Debbie Petras
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