Just last week Mom came to Massachusetts to visit.  We had a good time shoveling snow, shopping, watching movies, hanging out, spending time in my classroom with 6th graders, and cleaning the house after all of the construction.  Mom is back home in warm Arizona!  Jason is busying in Texas working on his doctorate degree.  Jack and Shannon are preparing for the arrival of their third child in July.  This past week Mom was putting up an Asia bulletin board in my classroom and it was neat to read postcards Mom and Dad sent when they were traveling to various places in the world.  I think of Dad every time I shovel snow, because I wear one of Dad’s favorite casual jackets–Mom is wearing it in the picture here.  I know Dad is watching over all of us.