Posted on 04/29/2008 11:30:11 AM PDT by txroadkill
Sorry for the vanity, but I need to brag about my cousin Amy whom I am very proud of and humbled by. She is a first grade teacher in New Mexico and last year she had a student, a little boy, who was being raised by his single dad who is an Army Reservist. Last year he was deployed to Iraq and she, being a patriot and an outstanding teacher, took it upon herself to make sure dad did not miss out on his son's first grade year. All during the school year she scanned all of his school work and took lots of pictures and regularly e-mailed them to dad in Iraq. Also during the year she made sure that he had the school supplies he needed, made time to fill in for dad for school projects and activities and even made sure he had plenty of gifts to open on his birthday and Christmas. This year, the child's second grade year, she acted as a liaison between dad and his second grade teacher and continued to keep dad involved while he served our country.
Yesterday, dad and a detail from his unit arrived at my cousin's school and presented her with a flag and a plaque that stated, "This flag flew over Saddam's Palace for three days in honor of Amy Green for supporting an American Soldier beyond her 'job description' "
WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!
Wonderful cousin — inspiring story!
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That is SO nice...
Good for your cousin!
Thank you so much for sharing with us about your wonderful cousin! She is truly a patriot and great and caring teacher! God bless!
What a fine teacher, this is awesome.
Any update? Still looking for a news story.
Yes, I was just getting ready to post this. I got this from my aunt:
Hey, Sometimes I think small towns really do miss the boat! They put off the newspaper article because they were afraid they might get involved in a custody thing, or offend the mother. The school could not find any thing that said there was a custody problem. I think Amy's family was more proud of her than the school system!! Thank you so much, we really enjoyed reading all the e-mails (post from this thread).
I'm waiting for her to e-mail me back about the name of the newspaper, talk about offensive. The story isn't about the kid, it is about a teacher helping a soldier and the Army honoring her for it.
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