Amanda Thinks, "Yikes!"

I'll write this quick because I'm pretty sure that I have three pounds of congestion in my sinuses and I can barely hold my head up any longer!

The other day in class, we were singing a song that talked about getting the measles. I told the kids a little bit about the measles because they really don't know very much about it these days. So I talked about people getting the measles and even dying from the measles and one kid raises his hand and says, "I know what else you can die from . . . leukemia." Background, I have a kid who had leukemia in that class. (Enter, "Yikes" moment). Oh, boy, they all turned around to him and said, "Are you going to die?" (Enter "crap" moment/ "why am I the only adult in the room right now?"). He just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Obviously I'm not dead yet!" Someone else said, "Yeah, he's a survivor!" (Enter "sigh of relief moment" quickly followed by "let's move on" moment). You gotta love kids:)