many years later...

[rjrgirl05]

i find it amazing how people can know eachother so well. there are 4 people that i can think of right now that know me better than i know myself. i love my friends and family and i know that i would be lost without you guys. so we were cleaning my basement the other day and found the gift that my kindergarden teachers gave me on the last day of school. it is a heart shaped pillow (made by my teacher christine who always had the best art projects) and it has a pouch and inside is a poem written by my other teacher lassie. it is astonishing how well someone can know and predict your life from knowing you as a 5 year old child. my mom read this poem the other day and cried because 12 years later it is still exactly me. i guess some people could say because i am boring and havent changed since kindergarden but i think it is more special than that, i think that somehow teachers have something special about them and they know something about us that we dont know about ourselves, they see the potential in us all and strive to guide us to success. here is the poem:
Rachel
River girl
you weave your way
steadily
through the day
flowing over stones.
Quietly, you
help everything around you
grow and bloom
I will always remember
your beautiful eyes
and tender smile
and the delicate way you dance.
Love, Lassie

these are the moments in my life where beneth all of the chaos and confusion my future emerges and i know exactly what i want and nothing can stop me, life is beautiful.