Book Description
This is the story of Maureen Kenner, a dedicated Special Ed elementary school teacher in the Fox Point neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, and her students in Room 4 who taught her the lessons she needed to see her husband Buddy and herself through catastrophic illness. These students lived with spiritual resilience in spite of physical limitations of the highest magnitude. Through her students, Maureen gains courage, humor, and a fighting spirit to face head on devastating realities. Maureen¿s oral history was captured by her son Daniel who tenderly wrought this book out of their recorded conversations. Through anecdotes and hard-earned lessons, Maureen tackles challenge after challenge and reframes daily struggles with a positive outlook that allows her to transcend and conquer mortal fears with dignity and room for grace.