My Daily Positive!
Just yesterday I signed up to receive daily emails from a blog called The Daily Positive. Today's email contained a video about random acts of kindness (here is the link if you are interested in watching LINK). I was moved by the video, choked up a little, but by then my morning took off and quickly became my afternoon.
It was during this afternoon that Mrs. Woodward and I had a chance to talk. We discussed the lessons ahead, work that needed to be accomplished and then she said she had something to share.
I listened closely as she told me of friends of her family that were struggling with a "parents worse nightmare," a desperately sick child. Their son Mason, a one year old little boy, is suffering with leukemia. He is currently in the hospital and the community he lives in, is rallying around his family. She began to explain how they were looking for donations of orange paper to begin folding…
I stopped her right there. I knew where this was going. They wanted to fold cranes; 1,000 paper cranes, just like Sadako. But WE already had folded. Our room was just filled with HOPE.
Mrs. Woodward, shared a very simple story of Mason with 4B. She explained what people were trying to do. We asked them if they would be willing to share their cranes with Mason and his family so that they would know that there were others who were thinking of them. Before we were even finished with our question, the class was answering, "YES!"
Mrs. Woodward let the family know what would be coming to them from the children of 4B. A picture of our cranes was quickly posted on the MASON STRONG Facebook page with the annoucement of what we planned to do. (You may want to check out his page if you can.)
So…tomorrow the cranes will be taken down carefully, compressed, stacked, clipped and packaged for travel. They will arrive on Sunday to Mason and his family. They will be hung up and serve a greater purpose.
On Monday, the children will return to school and enter a classroom that will seem less colorful and empty. However, I told them that this will be a good thing. Every time we enter our room, and recognize what we are missing, we will think of Mason. I think that is pretty wonderful.
Through tear-filled eyes I think back to this morning and I am amazed at how that simple video message came true through the acts of my students.
Your children are amazing! They are doing something for someone else and expecting nothing in return.
Sometimes the lessons we learn in school ARE greater than we can ever imagine!
~ Lisa
