Teachers,

I just knew the home-made Mother’s Day gifts this year would be a repeat of last year’s macaroni massacre.  I was, therefore, refreshingly surprised to receive two beautifully glittered drawings, a plant in a decorated water bottle, a touching poem, and two picture frames filled with drawings and bejeweled with puzzle pieces and glitter.  While I do have a penchant for glitter, these gifts were sweet, heartfelt, and pretty.  I’m proud to keep them and happy the teachers understood my unspoken plea.

Thankfully eating crow,