She told us it was a bench where if a kid didn't have anyone to play with they could go there and others would be more likely to include them. We looked them up and found the one below which everyone thought was splendid!
Molly was a beloved teacher which we saw evidence of when kids, both current and many, many years past, came through the receiving line at her visitation. They were the hardest people to meet as you could tell their little hearts were broken in the same, yet slightly different, way that ours were.
It hurt then to see them suffering and I'm crying like a hungry baby right now typing that thinking back to a couple of those kids that we had/have deep concern for their well-being. Their pain was palpable and it did not go unnoticed by our family!
So the friendship bench has been delivered and it currently sits in the office so that more parents whose kids had Molly, or that knew Molly directly will get to see it.
Hopefully it gets its rightful place in it's rightful time, on the playground so that a kid who has no friends to play with, can sit on the bench and other kids will see them and invite them into their games. That's the idea and I pray that it works, because Molly would be proud.
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| I am proud of Molly as she has, and will continue to have, a lasting legacy with kids in the Des Moines Public School District... as it should be! |
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