This week has already brought a range of emotions ... and it is only Tuesday night. When I returned to school on Monday I was ready to face my first full day with all of my students ... all 19 of them :) I was faced with some awful news. One of the precious little ones in my class lost her mother on Friday ... her first day of school ... and the loss of someone so dear to mark that beginning of a new chapter in her life. I was immediately in tears. I can't imagine losing my mom at 25, let alone at 5. I prayed for her that morning and begged God to show me His goodness in all of this. God is good, unchanging, and totally sovereign in all things, but there are times we just don't understand.
This afternoon I went to a funeral for a 5 year old that lost her mother. And during that funeral she kept looking back at me with a huge smile on her beautiful face and a wave with her sweet little hands. It just breaks my heart ... so resilient and yet so fragile.
Please pray for her ... Pray that God would show Himself faithful to her and to her family both now and in the future. Pray for stability in her life. Please pray for me ... I feel so blessed to have her in my class. I am so lucky to get to love on her this year ... and I want to do it well. Pray that I would have compassion, patience, and love that knows no bounds towards this little one and her family.
3 comments:
Katie, She is so Blessed to Have Mrs. Euken as her teacher. May God give you strength and wisdom to fill the needs in her life that you can as a teacher. I am praying for you. Love, MOM
You are so the right teacher for her!!! Your heart amazes me, Katie. You'll do an awesome job loving on her. I'll be praying for her and you.
What your mom said. Still praying!
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