Do any of you read the PostSecret books or read the PostSecret blog? It's a great publication where people send in anonymous secrets on postcards and they are published. Each week Frank Warren, the organizer, publishes new secrets on his blog. This Sunday, there was a secret thanking a school nurse, and I thought it would be nice to share here. The secret read:

"In 6th grade, I would spend my lunch period in the nurse's office because I had NO ONE to sit with at the cafeteria. I pretended to be sick. I wonder if she knew. If she's reading this, I want her to know I'm eternally grateful."


Someone emailed a response to the secret. The respose read:

"When I got overhwhelmed in high school I would go there, too. They were the first ones to notice something was wrong, and they were the first ones to help. You are the reason I have the strength to ask for help when I need it. I forgot how much you meant to me until I saw this secret."

 

I thought this was very sweet and probably so true. I'm sure a lot of you can relate to both the nurse and the anonymous secret-sharer.


Check out the secret here.

Boy do I know the heartbreak of this.  As a school nurse in an alternative school I see this all the time.  We're always told  "Just get 'em back to class". 

My heart broke for one new girl.  In a class of 6 teenagers, she was the newest and third girl in the class... I think we can all guess how that went for her.  She would come to the office as soon as the other nurse left, and ask for saltines.  After the second time I got wise and said "Let's take a walk".  For two days in a row we did a quick lap and she was able to go back into the class with her head clear and her heart no longer pounding.  I would have caught hell for doing that... but it helped her get her head together.  Kids are so mean.

Sometimes we're the only TLC that these kids get.

School Nurses Rock