Light a candle

SoNotHer · 10-11-2011, 11:33 AM

My students never cease to amaze me and I genuinely enjoy their enthusiasm and hope and curiosity. But it's hard to watch them go through what they do taking care of children and parents, working full time and going to school and balancing all of this.

One of my student recently told me that her mother was in the hospital with stage IV cancer and that the cancer had spread to her brain at this point. She was trying hard not to cry in front of me.

Another student lost both grandparents in a car accident last week. My student is veteran of Afghanistan and someone who clearly is about herself. But I could see how deeply this was affecting her.

So I'm lighting a candle this week for both of these students and for all the folks struggling with the sickness and loss of the ones they love.

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10-11-2011, 11:33 AM	#11
SoNotHer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Professional Sandbagger and Jenga Zumba Instructor Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: In the master control room of my world domination dreams Posts: 2,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 4,735 Times in 1,409 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	My students never cease to amaze me and I genuinely enjoy their enthusiasm and hope and curiosity. But it's hard to watch them go through what they do taking care of children and parents, working full time and going to school and balancing all of this. One of my student recently told me that her mother was in the hospital with stage IV cancer and that the cancer had spread to her brain at this point. She was trying hard not to cry in front of me. Another student lost both grandparents in a car accident last week. My student is veteran of Afghanistan and someone who clearly is about herself. But I could see how deeply this was affecting her. So I'm lighting a candle this week for both of these students and for all the folks struggling with the sickness and loss of the ones they love.