Tis The Season

Christmas is one of the greatest times of year, and it's so wonderful to see how people help others, and how the helped are so grateful. Yesterday we were able to give each of our 125 students in the Reading Lab a new book for Christmas, the books were donated to us by one of my coworkers Relief Society. It was a wonderful donation and it was so wonderful to be able to give our students new books.

Each student was so grateful for a new book that was their own! They all gave us hugs, wished us a Merry Christmas, it was absolutely wonderful. The greatest class of all was our last class of the day, our ELD class. Let me tell ya, it was the greatest feeling ever. Here's how it went: "Alright kids, we received a wonderful donation and for Christmas we want to give you all a new book for Christmas". One student responded "Like, for us to keep??" After a positive response that they could even write their name in it, the room burst out in cheers! Not just a little "woop, woop", but a full on standing ovation, clapping, cheering, hugging each other moment. Imagine watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition, the moment following "BUS DRIVER, move that bus!", the moment where most families fall to the ground with overwhelm-ment (yep, made up work), crying, jumping up and down, their whole life changed..that was our class because they were getting new books.

It was one of those rare life experiences where you realized just how lucky you are and how much you have. It would be impossible for me to ever forget that moment. It was the greatest!

So, remember how much you have, how little you have to give to change someone's life, and make a goal to change people's lives.
:) MERRY CHRISTMAS!