Quit being a big ole whiney-baby

Today I was grumpy and my stomach hurt, and I thought it was going to be hard to find something positive to write about, until around 2 o’clock. I’m shuffling down the hall with a crabby look on my face and a teacher I know quite well is walking towards me. She is smiling, says hello, and asks me how I am doing. I start telling her how I just don’t feel good today…blah, blah, blah…I then realize that the person I’m telling this to has cancer and is going through Chemo…yep. What an idiot I am. I realize how stupid I must seem and tell her, that, you know, really, I’m fine. Actually, I’m great, thanks for asking! So the best thing I did today was gain a little perspective. Tomorrow my stomach is going to be fine and I’m pretty sure the PMS isn’t life-threatening. Tomorrow she is still going to be going through stuff I can’t begin to understand and she’s going to be doing it while she teaches 3rd graders, like she’s done every single day for 30+ years. She taught a 40 year old a little something today.