Insider Tips
Do you have a moment where you can remember exactly where you were and how it felt because of something extraordinary that happened? Like where were you when you first learned about the 9-11 terror attack? My mom used to use, “Where were you when Martin Luther King was shot”. Every generation has its own moment. We also have our own personnel ones.
Thanksgiving weekend is one of those for me. I remember the exact place I sat at my dining room table with a swirling mess of kids and kid stuff around me when my husband handed me the phone. The bright sun was coming in our large windows as the pit of my stomach fell knowing there was something bad on the other end of the phone. My mom had had a stroke. Within hours I was on a plane leaving the kayos of my young mom life to go back to my own childhood home unsure of what my role would now be.
What I cannot remember is if this event happened on Thanksgiving weekend or if I just associate it with Thanksgiving because in my time being with my mom in the hospital we talked about Thanksgiving being her favorite holiday. This little previously unknown fact is one of many I have acquired while getting to know my mom as an adult and not just an egocentric child. Mom’s favorite day is the one to stop and be grateful. To feel grateful for the bounty of gifts that come in many different forms.
This day of gratitude now holds an extra special place in my heart just like each and every one of my students over the last 21 years. I am forever changed by our time together and forever grateful for the time we got to be in relation to grow and love.
Today’s video is a repeat, but well worth it. It is a student story. His story is a gift, an inspiration and an open heart.
Enjoy this gift. May your Thanksgiving be full of warm heart gratitude. My heart is full just thinking of you now and I so appreciate you and look forward to the next time we meet in person.
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