grace after grace after grace

all day long.  thank God, some days are like that!

• driving to school on a beautiful clear morning, with the pinkish-orange sun coming up and reflecting on the charles (oh how i love thee, storrow drive!), windows down, hair drying in the breeze.

• as i'm pulling into town, i drive past the bus stop.  an extremely inebriated woman (at 6:30 am- yikes) yells out to me, "HEYYYYYY!!!"  i smiled and said hi back (what else to do?).  she yelled back, "God bless you, ma'am!  have a great day!"  what better way to start one's day?  i mean, really.
• went to daily mass before school.  message: our words must be kind and our actions must reflect our words.  solid.
• came out of mass to children and parents everywhere.  walked around introducing myself and welcoming the kids.  loved speaking spanish!
• got to help numerous kindergarten students find their classroom...soooo precious.  did i mention i have the cutest kids ever?
• led morning prayer over the intercom (yay for figuring out the intercom, which appears to be older than my grandma!) and met with a mother whose husband has recently lost his job and she begged for a scholarship.  it was so humbling.  she started crying in my office and said she'd do anything she could- even clean bathrooms.  there are few things more inspiring than parents who so desperately want their children to receive a catholic education that they are willing to scrub toilets.
• saw a friend of mine who used to teach gym at my old school...his daughter is at my new school.  he told me their commute is so long that they were planning to pull her out and put her in public schools there, but when they found out i was coming, they decided she had to stay.  yeah, i definitely almost started crying right then and there.
• went around to visit every classroom.  helped kindergarten take a "field trip" to the bathroom.  listened to a story with 2nd grade.  3rd grade was writing letters to Jesus.  it was so great it felt surreal.  too good to be true.
• two deliveries- a lucky bamboo plant from my amazing mentor from last year and 2 dozen roses from my parents for our foyer...so sweet!  and added to some beautiful cards i've received this week from dear friends...i am so blessed.
• at dismissal a little girl in 4th grade gave me a homemade card in an envelope that said, "welcome ms. k--we love you and are glad you're here!"  can i just say precious one last time?
• we had an awesome cpr training this afternoon, with the exception of one of my teachers getting really sick, feeling faint, and having an irregular heartbeat.  we called an ambulance and they're keeping her in the hospital overnight, but think she'll be fine.  it was really scary, but thank God there were plenty of people (including a trained emt) around who could help.  also, after she left, we all came together and prayed.  talk about getting thrown into the role of spiritual leader!
• pretty sure the day couldn't have been any better.  well, maybe if i had gotten home before 6pm.  but other than that, pretty perfect!