The Best Principal

Linda Fields is a wonderful woman and the best principal I have ever worked with. Today I had yet another experience that showed me why that is so.

I arrive early to school each day, and always pop my head into the office to say "hello" to Linda. This morning when I poked my head in, she said unexpectedly, "Lynn, I have been thinking and thinking about you. Are you feeling okay?"

That came out of the blue. How on earth did she know I was feeling poorly?

My eyes got teary as I replied, "Actually, I don't feel well at all. Everything hurts right now."

And that was true. When I woke up this morning, it hurt to stand, it hurt to walk, it hurt to move. I ended up taking a couple of ibuprofen just so I could function and yet I still hurt.

Linda offered to come take my class for me any time I needed a break, to lie down, to get off my feet, etc. And she meant it - she never says things she does not mean.

She ended our conversation by saying that she would light a candle for me when she goes to Mass tomorrow morning, and I left her office deeply, deeply touched.