I would love to post a picture, but my school is 45 minutes away and I don't plan on heading there this weekend. Still, I want to thank my Santa!

I was ecstatic to arrive home on Wednesday to a remarkably gigantic package outside my door. It read "heavy", and when I walked inside, I found my boyfriend who wondered what the heck I had ordered from Amazon! I told him with glee that I hadn't spent a penny and that this was my teacher gift.

I pulled the massive box inside, along with a tinier one on top. Immediately, I tore in. I discovered that my Santa had been more than generous! He had heard my please for books and spiral notebooks for my 9th support English students. The box was filled with brand new books for my class library. From The Princess Bride to A Fault in Our Stars to the most recent Ernest Cline, Armada! Accompanying the books and notebooks were mechanical pencils, and, my most favorite piece, a glass Tupperware bowl with an airtight lid, perfect for teacher lunches.

I brought the books in for SSR on Friday. My students aren't the sort to like reading, yet they were excited to rifle through the stack of books. An English Learner of mine was thrilled to see the book on Malala! A girl who despises literature picked up Fahrenheit 451 and, during our written reflection, grew excited to learn it was a book regarding a world without books! An extremely talkative student said "Dang!" And agreed we would need to write a thank you as a class.

It was heartwarming. The gift, the reactions, and the karma of the Internet. Thank you reddit, thank you! And thank you Johnathan and Jacob. I will forever be grateful.