grace's gift

i have a student named grace... she gave me a gift the other day. the gift of a storybook about her hamster.

grace is no ordinary girl. she has a huge smile and intense eyes, and her hair is brown and always done up in cute bows. her mother takes pride in her, but grace is always nervous. timid like a mouse.

when someone shows interest in her, she thrives on it. it's obvious her mother puts pressure on her to excel.

i love grace. i love her quirky sense of humor. she is so easily distracted, always asking questions, always in her dreamland. yet she's the one who brings me gifts... one day it was an egg with some salt; the other day it was this storybook.

God shows up in these gifts. he gives me a piece of 'grace' with such gestures. i hope you have these people in your life. we all need them. especially on dark days...

grace is moving to seoul. i will miss her big smile and quirky spirit deeply. i praise God for his gift of grace.