Thursday, February 5, 2009

A Girls Best Friends

Last Friday I had to say goodbye to 38 of my very best and smallest friends. Needless to say I wept like a baby on three different occasions that day! First, I was called to Ms. Sherry's office and one of my favorite classes was all lined up holding pictures they had drawn just for me! What a surprise! Everyone ran over to tell me about their pictures, hugged me, told me they loved me and they would miss me... I'm sure they will forget all about me if they haven't already, but I love all of my little friends at Head Start so so very much. They will stay with me always.
I loved all the time I spent with Ms. Sherry (Health Manager) and the 3 & 4 year olds. They were all far too good to me! All together there were nine classes at Head Start, but I spent the majority of my free time in two classrooms, so I really got to know some of the kids. I have to say they are some of the coolest people I know!
The next time I cried was when the class in the picture above gave me a card they had all signed and were hugging me goodbye. They were all so kind and such sweethearts! After I hugged all of them goodbye I thought I heard some soft crying and sniffling coming from behind me. Sure enough it was the cute lil guy in the dark blue sweater on the left side of the picture. He was so cute standing with his back turned to me, arms cross and tears running! He broke my heart... I gave him another hug and he said, "I am going to mi-mi-miss you, Ms. Amana..."
Ahhh, I will miss them all. Luckily... there's an end of year par-tay in May. I can't wait!

1 comment:

Lauren Ricks said...

Manda, that is such a sad story! It sounds like you found your calling in life :). The best was the little boy in the blue sweater...what a sweetie. Well I hope you find more little friends soon(and maybe one of your own). I can't wait to see pics. of you new home. How exciting! It looks like Jeremy is doing an awesome job. You found a keeper.