At the beginning of the month I had one of my managers approach me to tell me that I received an award for front-end associate of the month because of a customer who called the corporate line to express how professional, polite, and friendly I was. (I briefly talked about it in my first blog, "The People I Surround Myself With"). Yesterday, they gave me a plaque for it and had me get my picture taken. Basically though, a customer felt that I was doing such an exemplary job that she wanted others to know. I'm grateful to that customer for taking notice of me. I really wasn't doing anything out of my norm, which in a way makes it feel even better because what she saw wasn't just me on a really good day, that was/is who I am every day when I go to work.
I like to think a lot of my work ethic ties into my moral standings and beliefs, which I strongly attribute to my grandmother. My grandmother was one of the sweetest women I ever met. She believed in treating everyone with respect. Even people she took issue with she showed respect and compassion to. She believed in doing what was right and to always help those in need. She possessed the best of qualities. I've been blessed with amazing people in y life who have shown me how to be the best person I can be. However, I really do believe that my grandmother had the biggest impact. From her moral teachings to making me strive to challenge myself educationally and deciding to encourage others to do the same via the mode of teaching.
I'm grateful for this woman. I'm grateful for how the little things that people notice in me, I notice as traits that were embedded by me. I think she would be proud to see how I turned out. I know that I'm not teaching yet, but I still think she'd value the fact that I'm still putting my all into my current job.
This is actually one of the last pictures of my grandma, taken about a month before she passed away on Halloween of 2008. The little girl with her is my cousin's daughter, Hannah. I still have the Halloween card she sent me that year. I still have it hanging. Year round. It reminds me of her and gives me a little bit of comfort each time I see it.
I like to think a lot of my work ethic ties into my moral standings and beliefs, which I strongly attribute to my grandmother. My grandmother was one of the sweetest women I ever met. She believed in treating everyone with respect. Even people she took issue with she showed respect and compassion to. She believed in doing what was right and to always help those in need. She possessed the best of qualities. I've been blessed with amazing people in y life who have shown me how to be the best person I can be. However, I really do believe that my grandmother had the biggest impact. From her moral teachings to making me strive to challenge myself educationally and deciding to encourage others to do the same via the mode of teaching.
I'm grateful for this woman. I'm grateful for how the little things that people notice in me, I notice as traits that were embedded by me. I think she would be proud to see how I turned out. I know that I'm not teaching yet, but I still think she'd value the fact that I'm still putting my all into my current job.
This is actually one of the last pictures of my grandma, taken about a month before she passed away on Halloween of 2008. The little girl with her is my cousin's daughter, Hannah. I still have the Halloween card she sent me that year. I still have it hanging. Year round. It reminds me of her and gives me a little bit of comfort each time I see it.