greeted with big hugs.....

today the girls had mini cheer leading camp at school.

so while they were at camp i went to my campus (not that it was very far away from the high school, across the street) and decided to get some work done in my room.

i wasn't there very long before one of my very dear friends came and gave me a big hug, hello. we walked together the work room to check our mail boxes. we excitingly talked about the summer and our children and various things. while were walking there we saw two more of our co-workers. each of us gave each other hugs. you know the kind you give some one when you haven't seen them in a while.

we have a very small elementary staff, so we are like one big family. over the course of the three hours kelly and i saw two more of my teacher bench friends. big hugs were exchanged. ( a teacher bench friend is a friend that you get to have lunch with and playground duty with. this is the bench where all the worlds problems are solved( or so we think so) and we can't wait to talk about the last episode of grey's anatomy. it is a wonderful band of sisters that have worked together for a long time. there is nothing off limits during the conversations of the bench. we discuss everything. we have been through babies being born new marriages, divorces, death, religion, husbands, recipes and a host of other topics.)

most of my teacher friends are empty nester's there is only two out of the six of us that have children at home. the youngest one had a baby last year. her oldest will start kindergarten next year. we are all different backgrounds.

how blessed i feel, to not only to have wonderful friends at church (or should i say thru our blogging community) but at my school as well. i am a very blessed woman. God you are so good.

p.s. by the way our high school principal told us that our elementary got an exemplary rating. YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!