The Sweetest Community Act

My sister Carrie started back to work last week at Hubbel Elementary after being out for 10 weeks for her double mastectomy. All the cancer was successfully removed and she had a lot of love and support whilst recovering, so recovery went well. Just like that it's done. Hard to imagine in those early stages of hard times that one day in the future you'll walk out of it and keep moving on and it'll be done with. She faced one of the most terrifying ailments we can be struck with, but she stayed absolutely positive and stoic and rarely complained throughout those darker, painful days. Last week when she walked into her office at the school--she's the principal there--taped to her window were 18 pictures, one from every class. And in those pictures were all the kids from Hubbel wearing pink shirts and smiling huge. Another photo was taken of all the staff and teachers at the school, again all donning pink shirts. Just as the tears were starting to prick her eyes, the doors were opened and all the hundreds of kids started filing into the school, every single one of them wearing pink shirts and welcoming back Mrs. Belt. That kind of community action will no doubt impact all those kids, inspiring them to be kind and supportive to those in need, and I imagine they will all remember that day and what they were a part of just as my sister will always remember. Here's to a long life of remembering.