Who Is Luke?

Today I was blessed to see my son through his classmates eyes.

Two weeks ago Luke was the class VIP. He got to bring in a poster about himself and some treasures. Today he came home with a cut-out of himself that is filled with statements about him as written by his teacher and classmates.

As I read them, my eyes were filled with tears and my heart was so proud. I would like to share them with you:

"Luke doesn't butt in line. He doesn't push anybody in line. He colors good. He is nice to everybody." - Ashlyn

"Luke minds the teacher. He does a lot of good stuff. He is mostly better than most of the kids. He isn't noisy in the bathrooms. He is nice and helps others. Whenever Mrs. Assel says anything he follows the rules. He is a very good friend. He is fun to have in the classroom. He good at writing [sic].” – Sean L.

“Luke is my cousin and I like him. He sometimes sits by me on the floor. He does good writing and he does good math. He does good projects. He likes me.” Makayla (Her great-great-grandpa is Jason’s grandpa’s brother. We just found they were related at a recent family reunion.)

“Luke raises his hand. He tells me things. He plays nicely with others. He walks nice in the halls.” - Corrine

“Luke is a nice friend because he helps people. He colors nice. He has good manners. He doesn’t yell out.” - Jada

“Luke plays soccer with me. He plays basketball with me, too. He is nice because he picks me when he does the show and tell bucket when I raise my hand. He is my buddy sometimes.” -Aaron

“Luke is nice because he is funny. He raises his hand. He shares. He was my buddy one time.” -Laurel

“Luke is a friend. He sits by me at lunch. He likes me. He is a friend to me. He writes good. He is good at being quiet.” -Gage

“Luke is nice because once when I was crying he helped me get the crying out. He writes good. He is happy.” -Riley

“Luke has good manners and doesn’t say anything bad. He is fun to play with at recess. We play on the slides. He doesn’t talk out without raising his hand.” –Hailey

“Luke colors good. He walks quietly in the halls. He raises his hand when he wants to say something.” -Abbi

“Luke is nice to me because he doesn’t hit me. He is not mean to me. He raises his hand. He walks quietly in the halls.” -Jay

“Luke is a very good reader! He is a hard worker and tries to follow directions. He is kind to others and has lots of friends. He is good at following the rules.” -Mrs. Assel

“Luke is Makayla’s cousin. He does good work. He friends with Kobe and Nate [sic]. He plays good games in class.” –Grace

“Luke is nice because he walks in the hall quiet. He is good at writing. He is good in the cafeteria.” –Lydia

“Luke is nice to everybody. He is god at basketball [sic]. He is nice with friends. He sits quiet.” –Kara

“Luke helps people. He is nice because he plays with other people. He walks quietly in the halls.” –Nathan

“Luke is good at ball and basketball. Luke is nice to his friends. He says ‘I’m sorry’ if he needs to. He does his work.” –Sienna

“Luke is nice because he plays with people. He is kind to others. He does good school work. He plays with me a lot at recess.” –Wesley

“Luke is nice to Makayla. He is nice to everybody. He doesn’t shout out, he raises his hand and then talks to the teacher. He doesn’t run when we go to the lunchroom and he doesn’t complain where he lines up to go out to recess.” –Lauryn

“Luke is a good kid. He is a great friend. He tries to work hard. He draws great.” –Jeremy

“Luke never gets a drink without asking. He never butts in line. He uses hand sanitizer after he gets a drink. He always holds his pencil the school way.” – Sean N.

“Luke has a dinosaur. He is nice because whenever I think of him I think he is nice. He doesn’t shout out and he raises his hand.” –Nicole

“Luke is good at kicking in soccer. I like his games. I like his reading. I like his house.” –Kobe

“Luke plays nice with other people. He raises his hand to talk in class. He does good coloring.” - Antonio