"Look at the card I made for Mrs. Fsdfhsdkh," she continued as we went down the hall. "Don't you think she will LOVE it?" she continued already knowing the answer!
As the day unfolded, there were a few more tiny packages of Skittles and mini Oreos as well as Pokeman, Barbie, and Transformer cards with lovely approximations of my name. There were also a few valentines from former students and students I had only met as we breezed through our Universal Screenings.
Definitely, love and kindness were in the air today, in the hallways, and on the playgrounds. There was even a sense of kindness as we herded those children onto the buses at the end of the day in an unusual dismissal pattern to deal with the smoky transformer outside of school!
As the day unfolded, there were a few more tiny packages of Skittles and mini Oreos as well as Pokeman, Barbie, and Transformer cards with lovely approximations of my name. There were also a few valentines from former students and students I had only met as we breezed through our Universal Screenings.
Definitely, love and kindness were in the air today, in the hallways, and on the playgrounds. There was even a sense of kindness as we herded those children onto the buses at the end of the day in an unusual dismissal pattern to deal with the smoky transformer outside of school!
4 comments:
Glad you got those candy hearts...sometimes, the best way through heartache is just to be open to the children we spend our days with.
I hope you're okay, Anita. I loved reading your post and hearing about the spelling approximations and the acts of kindness until I got to the not-do-good-news. All the joy made those lines stand out even more.
I'm sure it made their evening and brought a smile to their faces.
Candy hearts definitely help. Because of the thoughtfulness. Choosing kindness, noticing kindness- such a good way to get through stress and not so good news. Thoughts and prayers.
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