Last Day with Lifeskills!
Today was Wednesday and that only meant one thing for 4th period... it was Lifeskills Day! All of the PALS love each and every one of the special needs students at Austin. Some of them I met just this year and others I have grown up with since Kindergarten. Our final party for them was exceptionally bittersweet. I will miss seeing all of their joyous faces and I will never forget their undeniable smiles. Katy and the rest of her PYPM group did a fantastic job of leading the other PALs and the rest of the school with the lifeskills students. I was in Mrs. Greak's kindergarten class with Tisha Bose, and I was lucky enough to get to know her better all throughout grade school. Her disabilities have grown progressively worse during recent years, and it truly breaks my heart. She may not be able to sing the alphabet anymore or color inside the lines perfectly, but every single week she was able to remember my name. She would always greet me with a huge hug and scream, "KAITLYN!" When I said goodbye to her today, tears were flowing down my cheeks. Lifeskills students are some of the most amazing people that I've ever met in my life.
