One Little Comment...

Today was a good day. I am really enjoying half days with kids and the other half of the day to do paperwork. I wish we had that one day per month. There is always work to be done, and that would be cool. However, until they ask my opinion, I'll just feel blessed to have the half days that I do.

So this afternoon I returned from lunch and one of my 4th grade teachers wanted to meet with me about our students. She has been really good to work with and works hard to make sure my students are making progress. While we spent most of our time talking about kids, we managed to talk about personal stuff too. I was sort of caught off-guard by one of her comments.

I was sharing with her how I had moved here to be closer to IHOP-KC and that I drive the shuttle on Sunday Evenings and REALLY enjoy it. She looked at me and said, "Wow, a shuttle? You really aren't disabled, are you?"

I smiled and made some remark about how the limp isn't a hinderance to me and changed the subject to other things.

I will admit, it gave me mixed feelings. On one hand, it frustrated me that we have worked together 9 weeks and she still saw me as "disabled." On the other hand, I was glad I was able to break that mindset that she had. She wasn't being mean or anything like that, so it didn't hurt me. It just reminded me that some people still have me there even after being in that school for a quarter of a school year. In my mind I thought I was past most of that.

So, in the end, I think it was good for me to hear it.

And it reminds me how many people are watching, and how I want to make a positive impact on those watching...

Hum......

Life.
Is.
Good.

Especially when people figure out I'm not disabled! :-)