Around this time last year I wrote a piece on Teacher Appreciation Week – guess what 😊?! One of the diversions I look forward to during this stay-at-home time is the weekly livestream by Verizon of various musicians. Tonight’s edition will feature the Zac Brown Band which is beloved by millions of country music fans. It reminded me of my days in New York and riding with my then superintendent to an event in Albany – I changed the station on the car radio and he was positively unimpressed!
As Verizon’s “Pay It Forward” has grown, other artists have also started putting on their own in-home shows for viewers. I came across one segment by Luke Combs, a personal favorite of mine, whose song ‘Beautiful Crazy’ always makes me think of my wife:
Beautiful, crazy, she can’t help but amaze me
The way that she dances, ain’t afraid to take chances
And wears her heart on her sleeve
Yeah, she’s crazy but her crazy’s beautiful to me
She’s a teacher and of all things participated in an impromptu drive-by parade last night to bring cheer to one of her students on his birthday. After that she swung by our local mom and pop Italian restaurant and grabbed complimentary dinner organized by her school’s parent teacher group. And as an update after I published this blog, look what just arrived via special delivery by that same special parent group:
A few posts back one of my dear friends wrote a comment about his 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Eastman. He had missed school because he was sick and later that day his teacher stopped by to check in on him and bring him some soup. Not to age my friend but how does a classroom teacher more than half a lifetime ago still summon such vivid imagery? Because I’m sure she was like the many men and women I have come to know and root for – beautiful – crazy!
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth.’ – Dan Rather
What if? Why Not? 