It's about knowing you are cared for!

Yes! Once again I am posting ahead of other posts that I am behind on, but once again, it's something I don't want to forget!  Today a very sweet set of ladies gave me a T-shirt!  Well la-da-frickin-da you're probably saying but...this T-shirt comes wrapped up in so many emotions it's hard to describe them all.  I know I've posted very little about my daughters school and the situations surrounding events there over the last several months but this T-shirt is sort of symbolic of all of it.  It's been extremely frustrating walking on campus every time.  I am filled with anxiety that I squelched down while fitting my face into a perma smile and having a Christ like attitude while others who shall remain nameless walk past me with nose to the sky and a chip on their shoulder.  "Be nice and smile" I remind myself but it's hard when you don't know who you can trust or in the simplest fact, who will smile BACK at you or who will scowl!  Nonetheless I smile at everyone!  When the final bell rings to sound the end of the day, invariably I run into a fellow parent who has had a negative experience that day on campus and the helpless feelings rise once again.  This was the day however that I found out I have more than one friend on campus.  Three of the kindergarten teachers came up to me with a gift in hand and told me that because of my help in the library and my help with their kiddos during library time and any other time they ask, they wanted me to know how much they appreciated me.  So I open this present which happens to be a T-shirt with a picture of one of my favorite authors characters, Pigeon, Elephant, and Piggie by Mo Willems.  I was touched beyond words that they would first of all get me this shirt.  I love crazy T-shirts and make it a point to wear a funny one every time I'm on campus.  They obviously knew this about me.  This is where it gets totally emotional for me though.  They told me that they are all wearing the same one tomorrow and that they want me to wear it as well.  I volunteer this year on Thursday and Friday in the library.  Actions speak louder than words!  Tears came to my eyes as I hugged them all and told them thank you.  I think they were a little surprised at my tears but really this is so much more than getting a T-shirt.  It's about knowing you are cared for.  It's about being part of a team.  It's about sisterhood and all  the definitions that that entails. If they didn't care or thought of my otherwise this act of kindness wouldn't have happened.  Ok ok maybe I'm reading into it more than necessary but they will never know how much they made my spirit soar today!  Thank you ladies!  Thank you for touching my heart in such a profound way!