..tHE bLuE gReEn cRaYoN..

Days before the end of the school year, I was playing around with my pupils. I was trying not to give them any clue that I'll be leaving for good. In one of our light moments, I called one girl named Carrie. She was sensitive and loving, and would always share stories with me. There was a time when I was absent, she cried so hard because she missed me (daw). So I called for her and said, "O, Carrie, promise Teacher that you won't cry on the first day of school, ha?" And she said, "Yes, teacher, I promise you that. And I'll visit you here in your classroom everyday". I asked, "what if, on that same day when you dropped by my classroom and you found out I'm no longer teaching, how will you feel?" With all honesty, she said thst she will feel very sad. I asked her what will she do to overcome her sadness. I was in awe (and touched, syempre) when she said: "I'm gonna ask my Mom to buy me a new box of crayons. I'll get the blue green crayon and I'll put it in my pocket everyday. So I will always remember you"...Her words really struck me..Hearing it from a Grade 1 kid, I'm surely gonna miss being with my Grade one babies..:-(