Wee Care

I want to thank Miss Forbis, Miss White and my wee friends for the incredible “Four Year Olds” photo album they gave me at the Open House June 10th. It was one of the most wonderful things I’ve ever received and my time with them has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

I’ve volunteered at the Frankie Lemmon School on Tuesday mornings for two years now. Why? Because I love my friends and I really care about them. As Mister Pat, I’m sort of like the big brother on the block who comes around to see how my friends are doing and to just sit down and play with them. And I know firsthand that the teachers and staff here care about each and every student. They are the “good” people that you hear about but rarely see. They try very hard to help their students succeed and to make them feel like this is a great place to be. In my own class, I have absolute faith in Miss Lori Forbis and Miss Jeannine White for their professional expertise and their love for students.

By coincidence, Miss Paula (Paula Scicluna) also comes on Tuesday. She brings her Yamaha keyboard and her big bag of musical instruments. Why? Because she has a passion for helping developmentally challenged people of ALL ages through the universal language of music therapy—so much so that in 2006 she opened the Durham-based clinic known as Rhythm & Rehab (http://rhythmandrehab.org/) and serves as executive director.

There are many others who help, too many to name without leaving out someone. They work with parents who, in many cases, have struggled with their child's problems with little or no success. But in this place, they’ve discovered that love and hope finally has a name—Frankie Lemmon.

The point is that we care and so long as we keep on caring the world will be that less cold, alone and self-serving.

God bless us all.

Maestro, hit it!