Matthew's Turn to Shine

Today's post is all about Matthew.  His middle school experience has not been terrific.  But, in the last couple of weeks, things have improved.  He got to play hero for three female classmates.  This, of course, was a very big deal.  Three girls in his class were standing in front of the white board when it decided to fall off of the wall.  Matthew sprang into action and stopped the board from hitting the girls in the head.  For a day, he was their hero.  Word got to the administrators about his heroics and earned him some much appreciated kudos.  The boys were all jealous that he got to play that part instead of them.  Too bad his reflexes were so good.  :)  Then, this past Friday, Matthew saw two parents with their arms full and he jumped in front of the one lady to open the door for her.  She was so impressed, that she made sure to tell the principal and her secretary.  The principal then came in to his classroom and spoke about how disappointed she was in the entire middle school's behavior as of late, and called Matthew's name out.  He was thinking, "OMG, what have I done?".  And then, she followed it up with a sentence stating that they should take a lesson from him as to how to behave.  He gets to wear a t-shirt today which is a BIG deal.  They have to wear collared shirts each day and tuck them in.  So, to get to wear a t-shirt and not have to pay a Dollar for No Collar, is big in the middle school world.  Matthew wants to ask the principal if the rest of the school can have a No Collar for a Dollar day tomorrow.  I don't think he wants the attention.  So, in a nutshell, we are very proud of our soon to be 14 year old son.  He is growing up right before our eyes.  I'm trying not to blink.