Confessions of a Peace Lover...
Have you ever had a friend you haven't met? In my mom's days they would have been known as Pen-Pals. Today, thanks to the internet, it's really not uncommon to be in communication with someone you have never seen face-to-face. But those aren't the kind of friends I'm talking about.
I'm speaking of the friend that has won your friendship simply thru their kindness toward someone you love. It might be my mother's heart, or just my personality, but you can count on the fact that if you are kind to my child I count you as a friend, even if we've never met.
Such is the case with a woman named Cathy. We've never met, I'm hopeful that we will, but even if that doesn't happen she is still a friend. One of Webster's definitions of "friend" is an ally or supporter. That is what Cathy has been to my daughter and in doing so has also been that to me.
Cathy is a teacher. I don't know if she realizes that her lessons are not confined to the classroom, but perhaps she does. Cathy oversaw daughter Leah's student teaching experience as she finished up her quest for a degree in education. Cathy instructed Leah on instructing the students. But more than that to me, she instructed Leah on how to work well with others - not that Leah didn't know that going into this part of her education - but Cathy lived it out, on the job, and by doing so she was a great example to someone heading into the teaching profession.
That's really what we are all called to do, isn't it? Living our lives in such a way that we are great examples to someone heading into the same territory? A friend once said that his grandpa always told him to remember he is always an example; he just gets to choose whether it's a good example or a bad example.
Cathy chose well. I know this because my daughter speaks highly of her. There is a saying "more is caught than taught". Leah caught Cathy's good attitude, her good example.
So I say "thank you" to Cathy, and those like her. Thank you for being a friend.
And Happy Mother's Day to all those "teachers" whether in the classroom or simply doing the job all moms are called to, setting a good example to the young people who are headed into the same territory we find ourselves in. My mother-in-law is one of those teachers...but I'll tell our story another day.
Until next time
Beth
I'm speaking of the friend that has won your friendship simply thru their kindness toward someone you love. It might be my mother's heart, or just my personality, but you can count on the fact that if you are kind to my child I count you as a friend, even if we've never met.
Such is the case with a woman named Cathy. We've never met, I'm hopeful that we will, but even if that doesn't happen she is still a friend. One of Webster's definitions of "friend" is an ally or supporter. That is what Cathy has been to my daughter and in doing so has also been that to me.
Cathy is a teacher. I don't know if she realizes that her lessons are not confined to the classroom, but perhaps she does. Cathy oversaw daughter Leah's student teaching experience as she finished up her quest for a degree in education. Cathy instructed Leah on instructing the students. But more than that to me, she instructed Leah on how to work well with others - not that Leah didn't know that going into this part of her education - but Cathy lived it out, on the job, and by doing so she was a great example to someone heading into the teaching profession.
That's really what we are all called to do, isn't it? Living our lives in such a way that we are great examples to someone heading into the same territory? A friend once said that his grandpa always told him to remember he is always an example; he just gets to choose whether it's a good example or a bad example.
Cathy chose well. I know this because my daughter speaks highly of her. There is a saying "more is caught than taught". Leah caught Cathy's good attitude, her good example.
So I say "thank you" to Cathy, and those like her. Thank you for being a friend.
And Happy Mother's Day to all those "teachers" whether in the classroom or simply doing the job all moms are called to, setting a good example to the young people who are headed into the same territory we find ourselves in. My mother-in-law is one of those teachers...but I'll tell our story another day.
Until next time
Beth
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