Prayers

I'm copying something from Facebook because I am at a loss for words after Friday.

To Parents who aren't educators, this may be hard to understand.

Five days a week, we teach your kids. That means we educate your kids. Play with your kids. Discipline your kids. Joke with your kids. Console your kids. Praise your kids, question your kids. Beat our heads up against a wall about your kids. Gush over your kids. Laugh with your kids. Worry about your kids. Keep an eye on your kids. Learn about your kids. Invest in your kids. Protect your kids. Love your kids.

We would all take a bullet for your kids.

It's nowhere in our job description. It isn't covered in the employee handbook. It isn't cited in our contracts. But we would all do it. So, yes---please hug your kids tonight--really, really tightly. But on Monday, if you see your kids' teachers, please hug them, too. Thanks.

This was credited to Pam McAnally. I don't know who she is. But, as a teacher, I cannot even imagine what those teachers are going through. As a parent, I cannot even conceive of losing a child in that way. My prayers are with everyone who has been touched by this horror.