I have a beautiful nephew named Peter. He's a happy, smiling, intelligent three year old who just happens to have autism. Yesterday my sister sent me an email describing a simple kindness ... the kind that can make all the difference in the world.
Dear Bia
Every
morning when I walk down the long hallway of Peter’s school, headed for his
classroom with him holding my hand, he makes his loud “happy noises.” He loves
school and skips and hops in his own clumsy way in his excitement to get to his
classroom. Sometimes I wish he would be a little quieter, because we get
puzzled looks from the older school children who pass by us in the hallway.
They don’t understand why he makes those noises. And every morning, Peter looks
into every classroom we pass and smiles. One particular teacher always steps
into the hallway and says, “I hear Peter coming. Good morning, Peter! How are
you today? I’ll see you at lunchtime!” This morning she called out to me after
we passed by:
“Ms.
Kane?”
I
turned around. “Yes?”
“I
just want you to know that Peter always makes my morning.”
Wow.
That really made MY morning, and I don’t even know her name!
6 comments:
Thanks, Bia!
I should also mention the fact that my beautiful nephew has two older brothers who love their baby brother very much.
And I love them all!
Certamente basta un piccolo gesto o una parola gentile per fare speciale una giornata. Quella maestra ha senz'altro tutto quello che serve per essere una brava insegnante.
Meraviglioso Peter, ti vogliamo tanto bene.
I hope that teacher somehow gets to read this.
Dear Anonymous,
A teacher reached out to my sister, who told me, and I blogged about it. Laura asked Peter's teacher the identity of this teacher, and she forwarded this to her so she can know how much her kind words meant. Kindness is catching, yes?
Ua,
Fyi, from facebook:
Ruth, Lisa (Joe's sister), and Joann liked this.
Catherine: "Beautiful!"
Dianne: "Smiles & tears! Thanks for sharing And God Bless Peter for bringing sunshine to the mornings."
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