Definitely not caving related, BUT, even better, it's about life and love. You won't be sorry you read this. I confess, before I had finished I was welling up and had tears in my eyes and bet you will also. Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: June Levy <kittymr...@aol.com> > Date: August 3, 2015 at 8:35:18 AM CDT > To: Fran Bruce <sfbru...@att.net>, Vicki Thweatt <vthwe...@austin.rr.com>, > Fritz Holt <fritz...@gmail.com>, Charles Miller <cm...@aol.com> > Subject: Fwd: WONDERFUL STORY... > > > >> Subject: Fwd: WONDERFUL STORY >> >> WONDERFUL STORY Please read >> It is a true story. >> ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I'VE EVER HEARD! >> As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of >> school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at >> her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was >> impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a >> little boy named Teddy Stoddard. >> >> >> Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not >> play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he >> constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to >> the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his >> papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big 'F' at >> the top of his papers. >> >> >> At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each >> child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she >> reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise. Teddy's first grade teacher >> wrote, 'Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly >> and has good manners...he is a joy to be around. >> >> His second grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is an excellent student, well liked >> by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal >> illness and life at home must be a struggle.' >> >> >> His third grade teacher wrote, 'His mother's death has been hard on him. He >> tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his >> home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken.' >> >> Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show >> much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes >> sleeps in class.' >> >> >> By now, Mrs.Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. >> She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, >> wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His >> present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a >> grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other >> presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone >> bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter >> full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed >> how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume >> on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough >> to say, 'Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to.' >> >> >> After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, >> she quit teaching reading, writing and Arithmetic. Instead, she began to >> teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she >> worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged >> him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one >> of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would >> love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her 'teacher's pets..' >> >> >> A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that >> she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. >> >> Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote >> that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the >> best teacher he ever had in life. >> >> Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had >> been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would >> soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. >> Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in >> his whole life. >> >> >> Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he >> explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little >> further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite >> teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer. The letter was >> signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD. >> >> The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that >> spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He >> explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was >> wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place >> that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. >> Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several >> rhinestones missing.. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume >> that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together. >> >> >> They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, >> 'Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making >> me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference.' >> >> >> Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, 'Teddy, >> you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a >> difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you.' >> >> >> (For you who don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Doctor at Iowa Methodist in >> Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.) >> >> >> Warm someone's heart today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very >> much, I cry every time I read it. Just try to make a difference in >> someone's life today... Just 'do it'. >> >> >> Random acts of kindness, I think they call it! >> >> Believe in Angels, then return the favor. >> >> >> The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing >> it. >> >> >> >> Dr. Carlos E. Navarro, FACS >> Profesor Principal >> Departamento Académico de Cirugía (Plástica) >> Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia >> Calle Piura 810 Miraflores, Lima 18 >> Tel.: 242 4091
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