Showered With Love

During the month of March I was showered with kindness, generosity, and love by friends, family, co-workers and my students. What an overwhelmingly wonderful feeling it was to have so many people take time from their busy lives to celebrate with me.

Several dear friends gathered at my sister’s house early in the month. It was the perfect chance to catch up with people I hadn’t seen in a long time and some that I get to see regularly. My favorite part of the shower was a video April had made where she interviewed Bill about our upcoming arrival. He answered questions ranging from the number of hours a baby sleeps to what he was most excited about as a dad. We enjoyed delicious food and lots of visiting. I loved it!

The following week my co-workers threw another shower. Again, I could hardly believe the people that were willing to stay after a long day of work to come and share in my joy. Around 30 women (and one guy – my principal) met in the library. It had been decorated with our same jungle theme, and we enjoyed more delicious food before I opened a ton of amazing gifts. I continue to be so grateful to have the chance to work at North Woods with so many amazing people.

At the end of the month I walked my kids down to Spanish class and headed back to my room for my prep. About 5 minutes later, the para that works in my room came in and said, “I don’t know what they did, but it must’ve been bad. They’re getting sent back to your room.” At this point I was close to livid. Never had this class done something so “naughty” that they’d been sent back to me. I was a bit dumbfounded, and my blood pressure was rising when the class walked in and yelled “Surprise!”. They had planned a baby shower for me with the help of two incredible class moms. We enjoyed delicious cupcakes and punch while making predictions of when the baby would arrive, voting on whether they thought it’d be a boy or girl, and giving name suggestions. what fun!

I cannot say enough how amazing and even humbling it was to have so many people show their love for me and for our baby.