Touched by an Angel

Friday, 12 Oct 07

I received a sms from HOS's supervisor, Mrs Lim: -
Sorry to sms u so late but I'm just SO SO SO happy with S. I've just finished marking her maths paper. She got 84%! Not by accident. She really worked very hard!

Me: Thk u so much for your help. She's been very determined and told me that she won't give up. She's going to do well for her final year exam.

Mrs Lim: I cried so much last night. I've never been so touched. U'll understand better when I show u her paper. It wasn't an easy paper. In fact I hesitated giving her that.

After reading this text, tears welled up. I too was touched by Mrs Lim.

Me: U have touched our hearts. I promised S that I will get them a DS if they do well in their exam (don't mean to encourage them using material things but I saw how happy they were when they played it the first time with Jen's girl and niece). S said she will work hard for it and will not give up. Thk u so much.

Mrs Lim: :)

I have not seen such a dedicated teacher who not only cares for her students' academic results but also cares for their well being.

I remembered earlier this year, Mrs Lim noticed that S seemed to have a lot of responsibilities/ burdens on herself and stressed that she needs to take care of J etc and J on the other hand, seemed withdrawn at times and not a happy child.

I told her that J has this denial syndrome. Whenever I asked if she misses her daddy, she would change the topic and talk about something else and never answer my questions pertaining to her dad. She never talks about her daddy since he passed on last June and only cried once when I broke the news to them. While on the other hand, S has been crying every now and then and expressing her feelings to me.

So Mrs Lim went to borrow a book on life times (life span of plants, animals, human etc and why they had to die etc) and another story about a boy's dad passed away unexpectedly or a father lost his son due to illness and read to J. After reading the books, Mrs Lim cried and J seemed to feel her compassion and empathy too.

I can't remember if J cried when Mrs Lim was reading that story to her but when she's back at home, she requested me to read the book on life times to her and explain why things/ plants/ animals and human died at various times of their lives unexpectedly. And then, J started to ask why their daddy had to leave us; why now and not later etc. I tried to tackle those questions carefully and towards the end of it, she cried, hugged me and told me she missed her daddy.

The following day, the teachers at HOS seemed to notice that J became more light hearted and cheerful.

I must say, I'm proud that S has achieved so much improvement on her Maths and I'm touched by the Angel.....Mrs Lim.

No doubt, my girls and I lost our loved one but we also get the chance to see how our friends, relatives and strangers show their love and compassion towards us. May all of you be blessed.