The rewards Maureen Kenner found in teaching Special Ed, small moments loaded with power and inspiration, prepared her for the life she lived, as resilience, tolerance, empathy and sense of community paved a clear path merging her life inside with her life outside the classroom.

She was on a perpetual search for hope, for optimism, for assurance in a world often filled with fear and uncertainty.

By witnessing how the students and their families made difficult decisions through hardships and limitations, challenges and setbacks, grace was revealed.