Cathy Raff's Page

A small act of gratitude just made me feel so great! The city council in our area wanted to close down our school and give it to another one school that has no where to go. Well, the group of parents in our school today have all gotten together to fight this decision. I went to the first meeting, then left the country for 12 days and by the time I got back, they had reached a substantial compromise with the city. It turns out there were many parents involved, but a core group of 8 were extremely involved and spent many hours of meetings and discussions with the city. I felt it was important to say thank you, anonymously, to that core group. SO I bought each of them a beautiful Orchid plant, with a small note attached, saying thank you and congratulations on their work.
When I brought it to the one woman who would know that I was the giver, with the explicit instructions not to tell anyone else, she cried and hugged me. It was so out of the blue and something she NEVER expected, I just loved it! It is so great to not only say thanks, but to put those words into an action. I recommend it to everyone to try it some time. And of course, the anonymous part just makes it that much better!