Have You Been Looking?

My principal sent us this poem last year sometime and I LOVE it. It has made me a better person, teacher and friend. I sent the poem to the two people who I have always looked up to, my mom and my Aunt Jan. I wish I could have shared this with my Daddy though. Feel free to copy it and send it to people who you think could use a day brightener. Let them know that you were always looking and have made you the person you are today!


WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN’T LOOKING
By Mary Rita Schilke Korzan

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you displayed my first report, and I wanted to do another.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you fed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you gave me a sticker, and I knew that little things were special things.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you put your arm around me, and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt--but that it’s all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you smiled, and it made me want to look that pretty too.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you cared, and I wanted to be everything I could be.

When you thought I wasn’t looking--I looked...and wanted to say thanks for all those things you did when you thought I wasn’t looking.