I have
Gifted a Giving Key
With the word
FATE
My Story
About six months ago, a former student gifted me with her Giving Key. She had worn it for about a year, and felt it was time to pass it on. So she gave it to me, not realizing that I was in a time when I needed courage, thinking that I was the right person to find a student who would need it.
I wore that necklace every day for six months, soaking up the confidence it gave me to get through a difficult time in my life and in this nation's political situation. I held onto that key through the disastrous Kavanaugh hearings, I held onto that key through the uncertainty leading up to the midterm elections, and I held onto that key in triumph as position after position was filled by strong, determined women out to change the world.
Meanwhile, I had a new student who struggles with crippling anxiety. I worked with her to build her confidence enough to follow through with assignments (I teach high school English), and to start advocating for herself more. At the back of my mind, I had a feeling this could be the person I was looking for. As time went on, I became more and more sure that she is.
So yesterday I gave her the necklace with a card telling her the story of the key and what I hope for her: That it will be a reminder that she has greater strength and courage than she realizes, and that she CAN do what she sets her mind to. Last night I received messages from both that student and her mother telling me how much the gift meant, not only to Molly, but to her mother as well. It made her day.
She put it on immediately, and she was crying happy tears when she called her mother to share the news. I have every confidence that she will benefit from that physical reminder around her neck, and that one day she will be ready to pass it on, in turn, to someone else in need. Your company made this possible, and I am so grateful. Not only did I receive the best gift a student has ever given me, but then I got to turn it into a gift for someone else as well. Beautiful!
Marisa Cronk
