As the cool weather turns to colder weather and as the shortish days here in Maine become very short, I’ve spent some time looking carefully at some things worth celebrating. We are, after all, in the midst of/approaching the celebrations of light, birth, and unity. Stay with me as I offer some examples of the light, birth, and unity I’ve seen this season. I left teaching in my own 8th grade classroom just nine short years ago. The last year I spent there, my teaching partner