The Gift
“When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” ― Mitch Albom , For One More Day As the minute hand inched its way to 2:00, third grade students perched at the edges of their seats. They stretched tall and peered around the table stacked high with handmade gifts in lavender tissue paper, eager to spot the guests of honor. Great care and attention to all the details went into transforming the library into a beautiful venue for this special day, similar to preparing a nursery for a new baby! What these special guests will soon learn is that the children have been preparing for this special day since the first month of school. Nine months of careful preparation and love have been poured into poetry, songs, stories, and art work now carefully hiding under the tissue paper in beautiful handmade scrapbooks for one special person. “Mom is here!” one child excitedly exclaimed and they began to wave. Young faces erupted i