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sorry for the bandwidth but when i read this i had to share it with everyone i know
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From: "tsimon" <tsimon at emptychair.net>
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Subject: Fw: THE PERFUME
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:34:28 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Taylor" <btaylor537 at shaw.ca>
To: "Sharon Kammer" <sharonkammer at shaw.ca>; "marisa patterson"
<doubledogsr at shaw.ca>; "tony" <tsimon at emptychair.net>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 9:50 PM
Subject: Fw: THE PERFUME
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Cc: "Brian DeWagner #2" <proudestmonkey at yada-yada.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 7:27 PM
> Subject: FW: THE PERFUME
>
>
> >
> > Get some kleenex!
> >
> > THE PERFUME
> >
> > 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 laug hter 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 still 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 his whole 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."
> >
> > 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? tomorrow? just "do it".
> >
> > Random acts of kindness, I think they call it?
> >
> > "Believe in Angels, then return the favor"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
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