Hallmark may not sell the cards but yesterday was International Woman's Day and I celebrated by reading about an amazing teacher.

Everyday. She showed up everyday and taught "from her heart".  It was 1960, New Orleans, and Barbara Henry, a white woman from Boston, took the job over the phone for a 1st grade class.  I can't imagine what she was thinking when she made her way through the screaming, angry crowd as she entered and left school .  Or when she waited for her class of students and no one showed up. Or when she first looked into the bright eyes of 6 years old Ruby Nell Bridges, her only student.   They ate lunch together, did jumping jacks, sang, and learned reading and math, neither missing a day of school that year.  She was hired to be a teacher and that is what she did, and she did it well.  What courage! 

How can we be courageous today?  

To see Ruby and Mrs. Henry's reunion check out:   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwb5xsRO1yc