At the grade school they always wait for all buses to arrive before releasing students into the building. A lot can happen in that 2-5 minutes! This morning we were waiting for the last couple of buses to roll in and two 2nd grade girls came up to talk to me.
Girl 1 - She hurt my feelings by calling me chubby. (She is not.)
Girl 2 - I didn't want to be mean. Just her cheeks. My older sister says I have chubby cheeks and it makes me feel good because then my sister hugs me and smooshes my cheek with hers.
Me - Can you tell Girl 1 you're sorry?
Girl 2 - (With tears in her eyes and a broken heart because she hurt someone,) I'm sorry.
Girl 1 - I accept your apology.
Me - That was so nice.
Girl 2 gave Girl 1 a big hug.
Me - Girl 2 is a nice girl and she really didn't want to be mean to you. Girl 1 is a nice girl and is forgiving. We are all just learning about each other. Sometimes the same thing at one house means something different at another house. (Now I felt like they both needed to smile because they had both been so serious. So I gave them an example...) Like the word butt. We all have one! But some kids tell me it is a bad word in their house. They tell me, "Oh Miss Andrea! You can't say that! That's a bad word!" Other kids tell me they that their parents say it all the time. And so now I say - Put your bottom in the seat!
Now they both were smiling and it was time to go to school.
I would love to have a whole bus full of kids like these girls. There's not near enough cheek smooshing and forgiveness in the world.
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