I’ve now sat with my Mother through several of her chemo therapies and have walked away with one major takeaway.
A Letter from Corey
We truly can only speak to our life experiences and even though I have dealt with the loss of loved ones, I have not dealt with the loss of my mother. During my time in education, I have had to offer condolences to several students and players who have been forced to handle the tragic loss of their mothers. The problem is I usually find myself at a loss for words with how they should continue forward. So when one of my best friends, Corey Davis, informed me he wanted to write about his mother, who died when we were Jr’s in high school but didn’t know where to start, I told him to write a letter to a young student who has just lost their mother. He shared his letter with me and with his permission I am sharing it with you.
Wins and Losses
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Listen to Them Sing!
“It’s easy to be discouraged looking at the world. It’s easy to wonder what is happening to our society and ask why is it so bad? It’s easy to give up hope. However, I guarantee if you open your ears and listen to these children sing you will be reminded that there is still so much good in the world”
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Successful
After 9 years of teaching, I have reached a point where students I once taught in the 8th grade are now graduating from high school. As 8th graders, they were just entering their teenage years and 5 years later they are walking across a graduation stage. It’s quite remarkable to see these students donning caps and gowns ready for the next stage of their lives with hopes and dreams of being successful.
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We Don’t Know How Lynn Did It
I sat in my classroom exhausted after a full day of student teaching and couldn’t wait to go home and relax. I had no clue that teaching would be this draining. It suddenly dawned on me that for several years my mother would teach a full day of elementary school special education and then go work her second job from 7-11pm.
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