Hither and Yon

Some of the students at Mary Moore Elementary School in Arlington, Texas were recently surprised to find their school restrooms had been given a makeover. Eight of their parents – six moms and two dads – spent more than thirty-seven hours over the weekend cleaning and painting two bathrooms in the fifth grade wing of the school. Then they added inspirational quotes to remind their kids to be kind and that “they can do anything they want if they try hard enough,” the school’s Principal Tyson Jones said. The messages, which artfully cover the doors and walls, include: “Your mistakes don’t define you,” “Kindness changes everything,” “Choose joy,” “She believed she could so she did,” “Every day is a chance to get better,” “You will move mountains,” “Bloom where you are planted,” and “You are enough.”