Memories

Shelly just told me that she saw one of Tera's grade school teachers the other day at a football game. We talked about what we remembered and what we didn't remember about her. My sister called last night and told me that my first grade teacher had just died. I remember her as being a hundred years old when I was in first grade. She was 88 when she died and so I worked the math. She would have been younger than Shelly is right now.

What I remember about my first grade teacher is that she sent me out into the hallway one day for talking too much. It only happened once and I thought I would be in big trouble at home if anyone found out. But my class room was in the basement and my sister's class room was on the top floor of the building and so I felt quite secure that no one would ever know.

But as I sat there, someone started to come down the stairs. I could hear their steps. It was my sister on her way to the restroom. She was in fifth grade at the time and I decided right then there was no way she was going to squeal on me. I scooted from my position next to the door and hid in the coats. Thankfully for me it was a quick trip to the restroom and back to class for her. I unwrapped myself from my coat and went back to set down just in time for my teacher to come get me out of the hallway. I have always wondered how she would have reacted if I had been hiding in the coats when she came to get me??? I doubt that it would have been good!