May 13, 2013

Honoring Caleb

Our family was all invited to Ruthie Deskin Elementary School on May 13th to be part of a special program honoring Caleb. It was so sweet as each of his classmates got up and shared something special about Caleb. What really stood out to me is that each one of them thought that Caleb was their best friend. One girl said Caleb would come and sit by her at lunch when she was all alone. One day he just sat by her and said, "I like your shoes." Another friend said that he liked Caleb's laugh and that he always made her feel happy. Several 5th grade students who were asked at the end of the school year to write about their experiences at Deskin, chose to write about Caleb. One 5th grader said that he was just amazed at how Caleb always made everyone around him feel better and feel happy. He said Caleb was a role model to him and that he wanted to be just like him.
There were lots of tears and hugs. His sweet school nurse talked about a quilt that she was making last January, and how she decided she wanted the quilt to be for Caleb. She was sad she didn't get it done  in time for him to enjoy it, but she wanted Brian and Olivia to have it. She wrote a little poem to go with it. All of his teachers spoke about him and how their lives will forever be changed for the better because of knowing Caleb. 
They said he was truly their hero. 
It was a sweet, precious day to be able to be where Caleb spent so much of his young life, and know how very much he was loved at school by his fellow students and his teachers.

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