Nancy A Wells

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@support_a_teach Happy Birthday Courtney! I hope you have a great day!!!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

Just had my first day of school today! It was so great to see my students and teach them today!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

I finished working on my word wall. It turned out great! I can’t wait to start using it and see my students soon!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@shawnals1 @TMobile #clearthelist 1st grade teacher in Texas needing some books to include in my classroom library. https://t.co/exHXFR5aul

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@PokemonGoApp Porygon!!!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@support_a_teach @DonorsChoose https://t.co/SG2jaJ2J7l

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

Today is National Book Lovers Day! What’s book(s) are you reading? I’m reading “Unshakeable” & I’m loving all the teacher tips I’m getting.

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@support_a_teach @jessicaalba @ClearTheListorg Thank you for all that you do to help support us!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

Celebrate Sprinkle Day!!!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@support_a_teach Meeting my babies and have a routine again

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@support_a_teach @TpT_Official The Bible

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@support_a_teach Y’all looked like y’all were having fun! That’s a great video!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@Kirstin_Schultz I’m a 3rd grade teacher moving to 1st grade this upcoming school year so I’m basically filling up my classroom library with different books and activities in the classroom. https://t.co/exHXFR5aul

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@Ace_em624 Thank you!!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

Today is my 1st year Wedding Anniversary with my wonderful husband! I can’t wait to spend the day with him! Anyone else have a wedding anniversary today? #teachertwitter #clearthelist https://t.co/exHXFR5aul

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@HoefflinSarah @Kirstin_Schultz Thank you!!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@chelitatx Thank you Cheli!!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@LigonKarina @CMiller_teacher

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@CMiller_teacher Thank you Cynthia!!!

[Nancy A Wells @NancyA1985]

@Kirstin_Schultz Thank you!!