Sandra_L

I'm a SPED teacher that needs resources that provide supplemental materials for struggling readers, those trying to learn early math concepts and life skills. I still need help to reach my goal. #TpTClassFund #teachersofx teacherspayteachers.com/ClassFund/Ms-L

Today is my birthday and my wish is to get a few items for my class of SPED students.  #clearthelist Classroom wish list: amzn.to/45aODfo Book list: amzn.to/4mMloq2

Tomorrow is my birthday and my wish is to get a few items for my class of SPED students.  #clearthelist Classroom wish list: amzn.to/45aODfo Book list: amzn.to/4mMloq2

Time for a Friday dance. Enjoy the weekend!

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Remembering LEONARD NIMOY — who left us 11yrs ago today, aged 83.

Please pray for the eternal rest of my mother, Eleanor Spano Martin, who died today at 94 in Abington, Pa. She had only recently developed pneumonia which quickly led to her death this afternoon. I can’t express in words what my sister and I are feeling, how grateful I am to God for her long life, how sad the last few days have been, how devastating it was to see her gasp for air this morning and how moving it was to see the hospice nurse rub her lips with a sponge, which made me cry when I thought about Jesus on the Cross. Today I want to thank my sister Carolyn for being my mom’s selfless and primary caregiver, especially after she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and then dementia; for Charles for being a wonderful son in law and for Charles and Matthew for being beloved grandsons. A few days ago, I was terrified I would be stuck in California because of the blizzard, and I called my mom to tell her how I would do everything to get home and she said, through her oxygen mask, “Goody gumdrops.” I thank God I got home early this morning, that a kind Jesuit plowed the car out for me yesterday so that I could drive from New York to Philly at 2 AM, pray the Rosary next to her bed (“now and at the hour of our death”), anoint her with Lourdes water and, most of all, tried to thank her for everything she had done for me: from giving me life, to driving me to school, to teaching me to draw, to baking birthday cakes, to cooking dinners, to encouraging me in my studies, to dealing with the shock of my Jesuit vocation, to being friends with all my friends, to being the biggest fan of anything I wrote or said or did. She wasn’t perfect but she was my mom in every way. The other day the First Reading was how God’s word goes out, does its work and returns to God. I kept thinking about my mom when we read it during a Mass at a friend’s house in California, especially since I was desperate to get home. Today, I kept looking at her frail body that had been through so much in the last few years—cancer, dementia, frequent falls, stitches—and saw how spent it was after it had done what God had asked it to do Nothing I could write could describe my unbelievable sadness or my deep gratitude at being with her in her last moments, as she was with me in my first moments. It would take dozens of books. Mom, I wish you sky-blue-pink days with your beloved mother and father, your brothers Larry and Louis, my dad, and all those who loved and knew you. Please pray for me and Carolyn. Saying goodbye to you today, and hugging you goodbye, was almost impossible, but I know we will see each other in the fullness of time. Love you, Mom.

If you have any information about the location of our dear friend Savannah Guthrie’s wonderful mother Nancy, please call police in Arizona. She is missing.

Savannah Guthrie has just posted this prayer request, and I wanted to share it here for those of you who believe in the power of prayer. Her beloved mom, Nancy, has been abducted from her home. If you have any information about her whereabouts and/or who might have taken her, please use the contact information on the flyer on the right to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.

When you can’t afford a PlayStation

Happiness doesn't need much, just imagination and good company.

📚IL K-5 Bilingual Reading Interventionist 👩🏻‍🏫Teaching struggling readers in English & Spanish ✏️Teaching for 21 Years 🍎Title 1 Low-Income School 💕Inspiring lifelong bilingual & biliterate readers, critical thinkers & kindness advocates #clearthelist 💙 tinyurl.com/DawnWTeacherLi…

SPED K-3 teacher trying to give her students the best year yet.  #clearthelist #clearthelist2026 Classroom wish list: amzn.to/45aODfo Book list: amzn.to/4mMloq2

Statement from Alex Pretti’s parents, Michael and Susan Pretti: “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.”

#ThisMorning : Trapped inside because of the bitter cold? 🥶 Online shopping always cures the blues. All teachers in my thread are verified and would be so happy with any support for their students. 🍎✏️🩷

For most of us, hunger distracts us from the tasks at hand. Now, imagine you’re a child or teenager that is hungry and how it would affect your ability to learn new skills or focus in the classroom. Will you please help me restock our food pantry? amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls…

If I could have just one more day with you…💔💔💔 I would hardly speak. I would simply listen to your voice and commit every tone of it to memory until it became my favourite melody. I would look at you. I would study your eyes and your mouth, and I would learn every angle, every pane of your face until I could see you perfectly with my eyes closed. I would hold your hand in mine. I would trace all the lines on your palm until they became a trail – a map - that I could retrace on my own palm every time I felt lost. I would soak you up and breathe you in until there was not a single thing that I could not recall at a moment’s notice. But more than anything, if I had one more day with you, I would hold you. I would hold you so tight, hoping that maybe if I didn’t let you go… You wouldn’t. Yes, if I had just one more day with you, I would hope… I would hope so hard… that you wouldn’t have to leave again. 🩷 Ashley 🩷 #Forever13

@2StefanMoore Beautiful words. I lost my daughter in 2008 and I still miss and long for her. ♥️