I Didn't Realize How Much The Kids Would Teach Me

The school I work in this year has several severely handicapped children as well as one child who was recently handicapped by a car accident. While I spent my time in college my goal was to get out in the world and help children, but it didn't really dawn on me that they would be teaching me too. This one little girl is such an inspiration and so humbling. Last year her family was in a terrible car accident. She was only in the 3rd grade. She was paralyzed from the chest down and lost her grandmother who was her significant parental figure. I can't even imagine how hard it must be to cope with such losses particularly if you're a young child. Yet, every day I see her with a giant smile on her face. She has embraced her new life, it appears, with such grace and dignity. Many of us adults admit that we wouldn't probably handle such a loss as well as she appears to be doing. She is inspirational.

Whenever I get angry or upset about something that has happened in my life, I remind myself that I still have a lot. I must be thankful. Because like this young girl, things can change in the blink of an eye.