As we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, I cannot help but reflect upon my own years as a teacher and how much it meant to me to receive appreciation from the students I cared so very much for. It never quite mattered the cost of the gift. In fact, some that stand out to me were things of very low monetary value but high sentimental value. I once received a moose antler and cuttings from lilac bushes. Both of those items could be found everywhere during the Springtime in No