Liz González Valles

Wife / Retired Spanish teacher-26 yrs experience / Life-long learner

[Shannon Joy @ShannonJoyRadio]

Canadian Geese RENAMED. They’re officially Donald Ducks.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

He drives a school bus in Dallas, Texas. But the kids on his route call him something else — Dad.

Every morning before the sun is fully up, Curtis Jenkins pulls his yellow school bus to the curb and waits. Not just to pick up kids. To see them.

For seven years, Curtis noticed things other people missed. The little girl who folded her paper lunch bag perfectly every day but left it on the bus — because there was nothing inside. The boy whose shoes were too small. The kids who got on quiet, eyes down, carrying weight no child should have to carry alone.

So Curtis did something simple. He made his bus a community.

He gave every child a job — a greeter, an assistant, a "police officer" keeping order in the aisles. Every morning he'd call out, "We're going to care about each other and love everybody, right?" And 50 small voices would answer back.

But it didn't stop there.

Over the years, Curtis spent thousands of dollars of his own money — money he saved by skipping his own Christmas gifts with his wife — on birthday cards, bikes, backpacks, turkeys at Thanksgiving, and 70 hand-wrapped Christmas presents. He didn't buy random gifts. He asked each child what they wanted. Then he went and got exactly that.

No donation page. No announcement. No cameras.

When the story finally got out and people questioned how a bus driver could afford it, Curtis just smiled.

"It doesn't take money. It takes discipline."

But here's the part that will stay with you.

When a reporter asked the kids what they loved most about Curtis — not one of them mentioned the gifts.

A fifth grader named Ethan, whose parents had divorced when he was four, looked up and said quietly:

"He's the father that I always wanted. In some ways, I wish my dad could have been like that."

Curtis heard it. Didn't flinch. Just nodded.

"That's the paycheck right there," he said later. "If I can get that, you can keep the money."

He wasn't looking for a medal. He wasn't going viral on purpose. He was just a man who decided, every single morning, that his bus would be the safest place those kids walked into all day.

Sometimes the person who changes a child's life forever isn't a teacher or a coach or a counselor.

Sometimes it's the person behind the wheel of a yellow bus at 7 a.m. — who chose to show up, and chose to care, when nobody was asking him to.

Tag someone who needs to read this today. 💛

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

🚨 BREAKING: In response to Trump saying he couldn’t understand Bad Bunny’s halftime show because it was in Spanish, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back:

“I barely know what Trump is saying half the time, so… I feel him.”

Roast!

[The Shift Journal @TheShiftJournal]

They just folk

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Donald Trump can keep Michelle’s name out of his filthy, pedo mouth.

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

Trump can’t touch this.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

I put these two clips of Daddy together because I want to share him saying “I’m tired of marching,” then, after continuing the multifaceted work of nonviolence, saying “I’ve been to the mountaintop.”

The 2nd clip is from the speech he gave the night before he was assassinated.

#MLK #MLKDay #Mountaintop #MLKDay2026

[G-MA & G-PA @GmaIndiana]

The World needs more people like this 💕💕 The Wife is amazing 🤗

[Etan Thomas @etanthomas36]

“I don’t doubt that Maduro is a criminal but so is Trump. I don’t doubt that Maduro rigged the elections, but so did Trump. I don’t doubt that Maduro weaponized the justice system but so has Trump” ~Rev Kevin Johnson of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem

[𝓝𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓼 @NikkiBarnes]

Best explanation I’ve heard about US interests in Venezuela today.

P.S. She recorded this over 2 weeks ago.

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

You Go, Girl!!!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Thirteen years ago, my administration acted to protect young people who were American in every single way but one: on paper. 

DACA was an example of how we can be a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. And it’s an example worth remembering today, when families with similar backgrounds who just want to live, work, and support their communities, are being demonized and treated as enemies. 

We can fix our broken immigration system while still recognizing our common humanity and treating each other with dignity and respect. In fact, it’s the only way we ever will.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

They want to stop vaccinations because they say they cause autism (they don’t), but they also want to dismantle the Department of Education, which is responsible for funding public school services for… children with autism.

Make it make sense.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a shocking leak, Donald Trump just told the leaders of Project 2025 that his most exciting work with them lies ahead. Donald Trump is openly admitting he will implement Project 2025. Retweet so all Americans see this

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

So true! 🙌

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican pollster Frank Luntz just announced that he believes Donald Trump will lose this election because of his disastrous debate performance. Retweet so all Americans see this.

[The Dalbo Dog @Dalbodog]

I love this!!