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365 Grateful: Michi-chan
Clean work desk. Yes, those are colour-coded and size-ordered stacks of stickies on the right side of the image. Tonight, I am grateful for Michi-chan, a student of mine from Japan. I taught her English a year and a half ago and she is possibly the cutest kid ever. She’s bubbly, athletic, smart, and sweet all at once. Today, we match. I had a little argument with a set of stairs and the stairs once, so my left knee is in rough shape. Unfortunately for Michi-chan, this makes us twinsies. She’s been out of soccer for most of the season because of a left-knee injury. Even though it’s been a…
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