I’ve worked really hard to be a little more positive. I’m trying to be a glass half full kind of girl. In that spirit, being present in my day rather than my nose in the phone, here are ten things that made me smile today.

1. My boys having a “sleepover” in the bottom bunk.
2. The coyote statues in front of one of my schools that I always mistake for actual coyotes—they are there to scare away the geese.
3. My girl trying on her new glasses. She chose them last week and we picked them up Saturday.
4. My kids reading together.
5. My husband carrying the boys to bed.
6. A student using their AAC device to tell me to hurry up because they were late for math.
7. A gaggle of geese crossing a busy road today along with the school bus, construction truck, and sedan that stopped traffic ti allow it.
8. Another student stopping me in the hallway to tell me their AAC was broken. It was not but they didn’t like it in guided access.
9. The babysitter walking in with a traffic cone as his safe item for Senior Assassin.
10. My newest crochet project taking shape.

I am writing for the 19th annual Slice of Life challenge presented by Two Writing Teachers.