Thankful Thursdays ~ Remembering

Third grade and seventh grade were two of the most difficult years in my educational experience.

Poor grades and the challenge of  reading, verbs, division, geography and oral reports for a girl with dyslexia  was, well, more than this little gal could handle.

I know some of you have heard my story before, but on this Thankful Thursday I just could not help but remember how blessed I was to survive my early school days and remember with the deepest appreciation my parents, who were my advocates.

My parents and my teachers believed in me, my gifts, talents and strengths.

Just imagine for a moment . You have a learning disability, you can’t read well.  You can’t spell, you can’t remember the capitals of each state and you are just plain lucky to finally remember that a stalactite  hangs tight and a stalagmite  pushes up with all its might!

Imagine that you go to school every day and spend hours doing everything you don’t do well.

No one wants you on their team because you can’t hit a ball. You have horrible eye/hand coordination. They don’t care. They just want a good hitter.

In school, I was the girl who never got to go to the school parties for those who  knew all their multiplications tables.  Frankly, I still do not know half of my multiplication factors.

I was the girl who often failed my spelling tests.

I was the girl who celebrated a C; who flipped out over a B and cried over an A.

I am reliving third grade because the youngest SON of Thunder is there.  He is studying parallelograms, geometry and good old multiplications and yes,even various rock types.

He is helping me learn my multiplication tables – and he is a great teacher.

I do not remember much about third grade, let alone math and science.  I remember tutors and I remember studying all the time.

I do remember art, music and drama.  Those classes saved the day and stirred my heart and made it sing and even soar!
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But I clearly remember graduating  from college and walking across the stage to receive my Master’s degree in 1994 from Oral Roberts University.  I remember what the cap and gown felt like and the indelible image in my mind.  I remember shaking my professor’s hands and the pride of my parents’ beaming smiles on their face.  Time stood still that day and it was a beautiful moment …

I will never forget it.

The other night we watched the movie ” Won’t Back down.”  Winters said “it got a poor rating.” I didn’t care.  We watched it anyway. It was incredible to me.

The main character is the mother of a daughter struggling in school.  She fights for her daughter to get a great education, even though she is in a poor public school.  She deals with teachers that are indifferent and others that believe all children can learn, not matter their disabilities.

It was like watching my mother.

It moved me and touched me so deeply.

When I have an opportunity to speak to young adults and school aged children I love to remind them that their grades do not define them.

God does.

And the core of who they are defines them. Their spirit and their soul define them.

I found my passion and pursued it. They can too.

So on this Thankful Thursday it is my pray that we all remember that we are not defined by the measuring sticks of society or grades or tests. We are defined by what we do for God’s kingdom with the gift and talents God gave us.

I pray we are blessed and encouraged abundantly today as we remember that God has entrusted each of us with our own story, which is in turn to bless and encourage others.

I pray my story has done just that for someone today on this Thankful Thursday!