Teacher Appreciation Week

I normally get passed over on Teacher Appreciation Week because I am a "Special Area Teacher" and not the students' classroom or homeroom teacher. But this year I had a few surprises. I got some flowers, some cards from students as well as parents, some brownies, a bag of the most delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies that I should have never gotten into. I ate them at the end of one school day and got a sugar high. gees I had to go home and took an afternoon nap! at home of course... oops!) I got a few gift cards to eat lunch.

But today I got a really special surprise from a very sweet, shy, quiet 4th grade girl. She come into my classroom this morning with a big white gift bag topped with white tissue paper. With an very excited and anxious look softly said, "Open it!"

I took of the top layers of white tissue paper and found laying on a bed of more white tissue paper, a pretty good sized angel. The angel was holding a mandolin. I carefully lifted it out of the bag and said how beautiul it was. The little girl got close to my ear and whispered, "Read what it says on the wings."

So I with a slow deliberate voice I read the inscription...

"To the world you may be one person."
"To one person you may be the world."

And on her little homemade card it said I was the best Music Teacher ever!

Oh, how I am blessed! One never knows who we touch. Every person is someone special!

Yes I want this school year to end for a little while, but I am thankful to be a teacher!