Ruby has been the light of my light since my first day in Korea. I was scared and unsure and didn't know if I could do this...especially with the little one's cause I have never had the patience for young kids. Then along came Ruby...Ruby is the youngest at our school, she turned 6 today, which is 5 in American age and she is the reason that I get up and come to work everyday. I have called her Sunshine since my first week, because she literally brings so much light into everyone's life. Now, even the other kids here run around after her calling her sunshine. Every morning when she gets here, she takes off her shoes and puts on her school slippers and I walk out and drop down to my knees and she stumbles into my lap and kisses me and I say "Good morning Ruby" and she says "Good morning Teacher" and I say "How are you?" and she says "I am fine. Thank you" and then she kisses me again and says "Love you" and stumbles away. Ruby would be considered a "special needs" kid in the states and they don't have "special needs programs" in Korea, which scares me for her. I am terrified about her falling through the cracks of a system that is not made for kids like her. I know that she is a little girl and when I leave this country she will quickly forget me but she will be the most important, precious, loved memory that I take with me from my time in Korea.
Happy Birthday to the sweetest little girl, my sunshine!
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