lifesavers

i came into my kind of deaded staff meeting thinking i hope this doesnt take long. its my day off of cheerleading and i wanted to actually get some planning done. well its now 4pm and i am still there. just as we are about to be dismissed, our counselor tells us some sad news about a couple of families.
one hispanic family has 4 kids. one 16, one in 8th grade, one in 4th and one in 1st. the two younger kids go to my school. well their 16 year old brother decided to go with some friends and break into a house. as the house alarm went off, he attempted to jump out of the window and stabbed himself with the glass on accident. this family was visited by our school admin. and they have nothing. the food was barely there and this family is now grieving and trying to figure out a funeral with no $. the second story is a 1st grader at our school. his parents just had a baby 3 months ago, dad recently lost his job, and this past weekend was killed in a car accident. ugh. just as i was thinking that my day was going to be ruined if i didn't get planning time after school.
as i sat there, i probably could've cried. i cant imagine that feeling that anyone in either of those situations are going through. could you imagine losing your sibiling at a young age? or what about your dad? or being the mother to a lost child? a wife... with two young kids?
i called brian and told him the story and said, lets help. he agreed. so i went and bought some food for the family that was in great need. it felt so good. while i was at the store, another story from the meeting came to mind. staff morale being low... we needed a lil pep. and so me... being voted most school spirited in high school and being on the SUNSHINE committee, i got to thinking.
i came to school today, with no lesson plans, ha, but i did bring 4 bags of food for a family in need, and a bowl full of lifesavers and kisses (chocolate ones that is) with a note on top saying "sometimes all you need to save your day is a lifesaver or a kiss" how creative i know! no one knew it was me except for the couple of teachers in the room when i made the drop off, but by the end of the day, the bowl was almost gone and whether or not they gave a crap about the note, they had to have read it. and i know for sure they enjoyed the candy.
so after you read this..... go pay it forward in some way :)