When's the last time you yelled at a six year old and their response changed your life?

Marysol's example that Wednesday afternoon taught me a lesson on forgiveness that I've never forgotten.

Though I continued teaching bilingual classes at LAUSD's Heliotrope Avenue Elementary in Maywood, California for five more years, and eventually worked as a social worker for the county before opening my private practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, it's still my favorite story to tell.