My favorite thing....

Serenditpity

This past week, I had a particularly rough day.  It was one of those days when I felt depleted and defeated all before I got to work.  

I pulled into the parking lot,
parked my car,
and started walking towards the beginning of my work day.

I started to pay attention to what I was saying  to myself,
 all negative, 
and then thought of 
Lousie Hay 



and her advice on positive affirmations.

I then tried to change my self-defeating thoughts to something more positive.
I thought, I will think of something positive and write it down 100 times so it sticks.

All the while walking in telling myself not to cry.

As soon as I got into school, 
I saw one of my new little friends
who was on his way back to class after going to the nurse's office.
(He needed a belt, but he said she wasn't there.)
I told him to go back in an hour.
He exclaimed, "An hour?!"
I then said, "Maybe 15 minutes then."

He walked away holding onto his belt loops feeling a little more reassured.

I then saw a fellow colleague, and we chatted down the hallway.
She asked how I was doing?
I said "Alllll-right?" 
 wiping an escaped tear from my cheek as I walked towards my classroom.

When I walked in 
I was met with the students on the rug and a substitute in the room.

One student was at her desk and she said,
"Mrs. Steele, I have something for you.
She then handed me a dragonfly charm and said, "I remembered you liked dragonflies from last year."

Dragonflies have been a sign to me within hours of my father's passing.
They show up when I least expect it but when I need them the most.

This card was found by my sister in law months after my dad's passing.

: )

It was as if that child had handed me the hand of God himself.

I looked at it and couldn't believe my eyes.

I gave her a hug and asked the teacher if I could excuse myself and then went into the empty lunchroom and had myself a very good cry.

"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers."
St. Teresa of Avila