So when Garret's teacher poked her head in and beckoned me with her eyes (non-romantically) I shuffled out a little too excitedly.
"We have a little problem" She said with a grin.
sniff, sniff
"OK, thanks. I'll have him back in class soon."
We strolled to the car slowly so to enjoy every drop of rain that tickled our faces. Luckily I had just settled for a messy pony-tail that day. From the car it was another walk to the garbage bins. Garret, with a renewed freshness, wiggled and giggled next to me. He had to pause to stomp on the cement walkway, tap a bush, and twirl once or twice. Once inside we stopped to admire a glass door, the carpet, a drinking fountain, more carpet, a fake plant or two. I nodded with a smile to the other people in the halls. Garret greeted others with a grin or an arm flap. And then he was back, welcomed by his classmates.
"Hi Garret! Where did you go?"
(more Garret giggles)
Back with my classmates we had a nice discussion about how to be better teachers/leaders. How to uplift our students and families. How to apply the Gospel in our everyday lives. I appreciated the reminder to study the scriptures daily so that we're better prepared for those sudden teaching moments.
And I'm glad I was prepared to learn from Garret when he took me twirling in the rain.
3 comments:
Beautiful post! I love this.
This is Garret's purpose. To keep your "inner child" alive and well.
"Except ye … become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom".
we had fun sitting with garret during sacrament meeting. anna tried to get him to color with crayons and a color book but he ate the crayons which made all the kids giggle a little. thanks for letting me steal him for a little!
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