A heartbroken mother asked her son every school day at noon – “are you sitting with anyone?”
Every time she received the same answer, “no.”
Her son was born with neurofibromatosis, which makes him “different, but bright.”
Andrew Kirby
Sometimes a staff member would sit with Andrew, sometimes a teacher, but never another student. It was difficult to witness day in, day out. Andrew didn’t like school.
One day the mother’s text went unanswered.
The Kirby family’s prayers were answered.
The student council asked Andrew to join them for lunch. It wasn’t out of pity, they had no idea he had been sitting alone all those years.
Kirby took a seat by himself at a lunch table on Aug. 20. As usual, he got a text from his mom asking if he was alone. But this time, to Kay’s surprise, Kirby didn’t answer.
Hours later, when she arrived to pick him up, she found out why.
“Mom, I didn’t sit alone!” Kirby exclaimed as he entered Kay’s car.
“Wow, that’s great!” Kay said, before asking about his new friends.
Kay revealed Kirby was adopted. He was born with a crack cocaine addiction and has neurofibromatosis — a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow along the nervous system, according to the Mayo Clinic. The teen has overcome many health issues in recent years, including major back and neck surgeries.
Kirby considers himself shy, but once you get to know him, Kay assures people he’s far from quiet. However, Kay admitted, someone has to make an effort to get to know him — which is why she’s thankful the Boiling High students stepped up.
“We just wanted to say thank you to them for not being afraid to be a friend to someone,” she said. “I would cry when I would leave him at school. It gives me peace and it just helps me as a mother [to see him with friends].”
Aww.
I am crying! Usually only when they play TAPS! What a dear mom!
There is still hope for mankind…
“I would cry when I would leave him at school”
That’s a hard thing to read.
Is someone cutting onions in here?!
That poor mom, that is heartbreaking to read. The mom and her son are worth a prayer for.
MJA –
We had a dust storm last night. Yeah, that’s it…it’s just dust.
Sometimes I think moms and dads hurt worse than the child does and vise versa. I know I as a child hurt terribly for my mom who had a beautiful face but severe structural deformity. I actually beat up a kid who made fun of her.
I actually beat up a kid who made fun of her.>>
Where is that kid? I want to rough him up too.
Doesn’t that student council look like a bunch of Antifa scum??
No, not they don’t.
This is real everyday news that is around us all. Not the week long flags at half mast lying in state to grieve the dead. Shame news will not cover this bettering for the living instead of fawning and portending the lives of the past. Thanks for this, sincerely.
Thanks BFH. Don’t know where he is, I left him somewhere, crying and running away from me, down the block from my home.
Wow – most high schoolers wouldn’t notice anything beyond their cellphones, let alone do something about it.
God bless them.
So glad this story had a happy ending.
Had this happened at Stoneman Douglas H.S., the story would have ended much differently.
A little of my faith in humanity has just been restored. Awesome story