Day 120: "Pssst…I Love You!"
If you read yesterday’s post, you know that I had a hard working momma week. Friday’s at our school, though, are for meetings and for academic intervention so it’s low key and I don’t have to stand up in front of hormonal teenagers trying to help them figure out the difference between summarizing a short story and analyzing a short story. Once the meetings are done and the students leave, I have some down time.
I opened up this book that I got from the public library to start reading the short story The Handsomest Drowned Man to prep for class next week. As I was leafing through the pages to find the story, I came across a small piece of paper, and on it was scribbled, “Pssst…I Love You!” (I wish I snapped a picture of the note for this post, but I’m there’s just no time right now.) And well you know what I did. I smiled! Just the day before a teacher saw me briefly smile and made sure to let me know that it was nice to see me smile again. (What she didn’t know was that it was more of a sarcastic smile, but a smile nonetheless.)
It makes me wonder about the person who the note was written for. It makes me wonder about the person who wrote it.
At first I wanted to take it out of the book and hold on to it b/c of the small amount of joy it brought me. But then I thought, what if that note was placed there in the hopes of bringing smiles to whomever found it…w/o any intention of making sure it found it’s way to a specific someone. Perhaps it was just there to help as many people as possible.
It made me think of how much those around me love and care about me. It made me think that I bet my husband would whisper those words to me during the work day if he could. It made me think that with every smile Abby shoots my way, she is probably thinking those thoughts for me.
And you know, I could totally be reading way too much into it. It could simply be someone’s bookmark that they forget to remove before returning the book to the public library and is forever tearing apart their room looking for the last note the love of their life wrote them. Who knows. (And that could be still reading too much into it.)
Small things, like finding a note like this, help to bring clarity my way. Clarity to help erase my gut negative reactions, which cause me to have too many no good very bad days. Not saying that I’m perfect and will reaction to situations perfectly all the time, but enough clarity to try to think through them a little more.
So I’ll remember that little piece of paper and leave it in the book, in the hopes it can bring a smile to someone else’s face one day.
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How cool to find a note like that. Whether it was meant for you originally or not, just the fact that it served to brighten your day a bit is a good thing.
I love that you left the note for someone else to read!
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I love it. Like a random act of kindness hidden in a book
That is so cute! I had someone buy my food in a drive thru lane once. It made me smile the rest of the day. Stuff like that is so special – I love paying-it-forward.
Very cool note and story! You reminded me that we can find joy in simple, seemingly small things. I love how you did that with the note
I love all the possibilities of that note. It brings to mind one of my favorite thoughts, oh, for the kindness of strangers.
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I love it! I think I may need to take a little note pad and a pen and go to the book store and leave some notes for people! Thanks for sharing.
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Happy SITS day, I can’t wait to read more of your blog.
You know what? I love that you’re reading so much into this little note. What you wrote actually brought a tear to my eyes. Just thinking about the people in our lives that we love, and who love US. That little note has inspired me to hide one in my husbands office somewhere
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Stopping by via SITS’ potluck Friday. What a cute post! Love that the note made you smile!
Wow- that’s a fun surprise! I have been getting books from the library recently that specifically ask you to sign your name on the front cover- I think that’s always a fun thing too. You wonder if those other people loved the book as much as you did.
Hi! Dropping by from SITS to greet you Happy SITS day! Awesome post! Sure, small notes like comments in blogs, do brighten ones day, isn’t it?
What a wonderful story! But yes, I would be curious as to where it came from as well
what a pleasant surprise popping from the pages of the book
happy SITS day
How sweet!
Happy SITS Friday you lucky lady! Great story and well said. Have a restful Memorial Day weekend!
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I think, if nothing else, serendipitous moments such as this help us feel less alone in this great big world.
That note was a rare treasure. How nice that you found it.
I see that this post was from the beginning of May. I sure hope that the little note reminded you how sweet life is when you’re wondering why it’s not. I hope that little note made May a more special month. And I hope that one day you, too, will leave a little note in a book for someone and make their day, or their week, or maybe even their month!
Congratulations on this marvelous day with SITS, and enjoy all the fun. I look forward to reading more in your blog too.
Maybe before school is out, as a last ditch effort to convince teens that awesomeness is possible you can ask them to write a tiny note of encouragement and put it in their textbook for the kids next year.
Pay it forward!
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What a lovely surprise, I love things like that! I once saw “today you will be happy” written in chalk on the sidewalk, on my way to work.
Visiting from SITS… happy Friday!
That is so neat that you found that note. I have always hoped to find something like that in a book!
Stopping by from SITS!! Finding that note is awesome.. it is fun to wonder who it was for.
Happy SITs day!
What a cute story, that would lifted my spirits!
What a great and sweet story… Happy SITS Day!!
What a wonderful post.
I wonder if the note was intended for anyone in particular or if it was someone’s random act of kindness? Interesting.
Happy Friday Potluck day!!
What a beautiful moment!
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It is nice to think about the possibilities, thanks for sharing. Nice to think that maybe someone did put it there to make someone smile…it worked
It reminds me of when people find secrets written inside a PostSecret book. I love the Psst…like writing in a whisper.
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I love it! I would have left it too, for someone else to find. What a sweet thing!
Visiting from SITS. What a cute post. I like your idea that maybe it was left in the book to create smiles for everyone who read it. I’d leave it there too. I think it’s so neat that you found it.
That’s a wonderful story! It shows that when you send out love, you can never be sure how far it will go or how many people’s lives it will touch.
Happy SITS Friday!
I’ve read your blog before, thanks to SITS and LOVE it, but missed this post! What a great story!
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Hey! That is pretty dang cool.
And Happy SITS potluck day. 
What a neat little story! Reminds me of PostSecret :0)
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What a wonderful little pick me up discovering that note! Good for you for passing it on and letting someone else have the chance to discover it.
Congrats on being featured for potluck Friday. Well deserved.
Happy Friday potluck. I think I should put notes in my hubbies books. That would make him giggle.
I love the note and the fact you left it in. It sort of reminds me of the people who live books on the subway in Toronto. YOu are suppose to read it, sign it and put it back. Can you imagine how far those books travel?
Happy Potluck Friday.
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that is so very sweet! I am also a teacher, but I find very few paper notes these days…everyone is constantly texting!
Love this story. I think I need to go hide a secret note for my husband in his book:)
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Aww! How neat is that? Happy SITS!!
Happy Potluck Friday =) Neat new SITS thing going on ha, hope you have a beautiful weekend! Since I too am a 30+ Mommy I had to ‘follow’ =)
That is such a cool story! It’s like finding a message in a bottle. It’s filled with so much mystery and wonder. Loved it!
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How sweet! The only thing I’ve ever found in a library book was a pair of concert tickets for a few days earlier. And that didn’t bring me a smile or anything, I just felt bad for whoever lost their tickets and couldn’t go to the concert!
What a cute story! I love to leave notes on my son’s door tio find whenhe wakes up in the a.m. Always makes him happier for the day! Everyone needs encouragement now and again
. Congrats on being featured as one of the Friday Potluck blogs on SITS!
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love always makes people smile. happy sITS!
Maybe someone wanted YOU to find it. I think you have a secret admirer
Happy SITS.
Wow! This post totally made my day…..I came on a SITS potluck Friday visit and got a lovely surprise…..will definitely stop by a lot more…I’m new to blogging, so please drop by and give me some tips. You can find me at http://morethanjustmummy.blogspot.com/
Happy SITS Potluck Day! If I found that note it would make me smile too..
That is lovely! That would make me smile as well – happy Potluck day!
Great post. What a sweet surprise to find in the book. Stopping by from SITS.