Student gives her ice cream money to her teacher's grieving wife

With just 75 cents, a US schoolgirl has brought joy to her teacher and his grieving wife when they most needed it.
 
Price Lawrence was teaching his class on Wednesday morning, just days after the death of his father-in-law, when his pupils noticed he was “a little off”.
 
“When they asked why I wasn’t acting normal I explained to them that my wife’s father had passed away this weekend and that I was worried about her,” the sixth-grade teacher wrote on Facebook.

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“They all said they were sorry and then we got started on our work.”
 
When the class finished and Lawrence began farewelling the students as they filed out of the room, one of the girls placed a gift in his hand.
 
It was three 25 cent coins - her ice cream money - and a note reading, ‘Ms La[w]rence, I’m sorry’ with a sad face.

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“Ugh. Wow. The heart of a child is the most beautiful thing in the world,” one wrote.
 
“I don't know which is sadder or more precious, [that] this beautiful child lost her father or that she could show such deep compassion for your wife and you. Either way she is touching hearts and lives just being herself,” another added.
 
This is the second time a student’s kind-hearted gesture for their teacher has hit the news recently.