Teacher Gift- Completed!

Here is the gift for my son's teacher. (Now that she has it!) I've already shown the frame and the card, but here it is together! The other night I had to track down a gift sack. It was ridiculously huge, but it was all I could find last-minute! I stamped it to match the gifts! (almost- used Pumpkin Pie ink instead of Summer Sun, the yellow didn't show up on the brown bag) I don't know if I've ever done a themed gift unless it was a wedding shower... Anyway, this was a lot of fun for me! The rolled up scroll is a thing about teachers. I printed it off onto some patterned paper that I definitely hoard...I've had a stack of it for probably 6 years now! But I rolled this up neatly and tied it with Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, which also matches! haha! Anyway, for anyone curious, here is the thing about teachers. It was posted on the demo chat area of the Stampin' Up! website by Jaynell Giliberti. I thought it was great for our first school teacher, maybe you know someone you could share it with.

GOD CREATED TEACHERS On the 6th day, God created men and women. On the 7th day, God rested. Not so much to recuperate, but rather to prepare for the work to do on the next day. For it was on that day-the 8th day-that God created the first teacher. This teacher, though taken from among men and women, had several significant modifications. In general, God made the teacher more durable than other men and women. The teacher was made to arise at a very early hour and to go to bed very late - with no rest in between. The teacher had to be able to withstand being in a classroom, for many hours, with energetic and very impressionable children. The teacher had to be available for any unforeseen needs children may need, when away from home. Yes, God made the teacher TOUGH, but GENTLE too. The teacher was equipped with soft hands to wipe away the tears of the neglected and lonely students and provide them with God’s encouragement. To be available for children going through emotional changes in their lives, as they grow older and mature. The teacher was also equipped with organization and firm discipline to keep children in order. God poured a generous amount of PATIENCE into the teacher. Patience when a student asks to repeat the directions, the teacher has just repeated for someone else. Patience when one-half of the class fails the test. Patience when the student’s textbooks or homework was left at home or unfinished for the next days’ lessons. The patience for a teacher to give that extra help to the students with special needs. God gave the teacher a HEART slightly bigger than the average human heart. For the teachers’ heart had to be big enough to love the kid who needs someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on. And to love the kid who runs out of the classroom at the end of the day without so much as a 'good-bye', let alone a 'thank you'. And lastly, God gave the teacher an abundant supply of HOPE. For God knew that the teacher would always be hoping. Hoping that the kids would someday learn how to read and spell, hoping each child will mature and lead a productive life, and hoping for deliverance. When God finished creating the teacher, he stepped back and admired the work of his hands. And God saw that the teacher was good. Very good! And God smiled, for when he looked at the teacher, he saw into the future. He knew that the future is in the hands of the teachers.