Grand mother: Good witch

A tribute to my great grandma. Someone else wrote this and read it at the funeral service. Love you Nanny J!


Grandma taught me how to stand on my head, and to dive

She taught me to husk corn, and snap bean and when the house smells that bad the sour kraut is almost done.

Whenever you see a white horse make a wish like this.

She taught me to fish... to bait my hook and when trying to get to the good spot down on the rocks "right here" is a good place to carry your fish eggs.

She taught me to two step and to play gin rummy. To watch her stories in the afternoon and to shoot starlings out the back door. She taught me cus like a sailor and to always kiss on the lips.

She taught me that Grandmothers can date; and in dating its ok to Honky Tonk

with an Aardvark but if you marry, marry Papa Dick.

She always call me names; if I did well I was Hot Shit, if I backed down Chicken Shit and more recently when I bought her a nice gift she called me Rich Bitch.

When we would visit her at the Wildflower Lodge with Lexi it was like she just won the lottery. She would say "come on let's see who we can find" She would get her little walker and with purpose scour those halls for someone to introduce us to..

Then it was always in order; this is my grand daughter, this is my great grand daughter and THIS is my great great grand daughter. And she would beam.

My lifestyle

I am a teacher.

I work with kids all day who need taken care of. Band-aids on their boos boos, ice for their injuries, and tissues for their noses. I plan activities and help them get through the day, and help them work through problems. Everyday I'm counted on to create a learning environment so that a child may succeed. Everyday I face a new challenge that help me grow to become a better person the next day. I get yelled out, kicked, hit, bit, hugged, kissed, scratched and held.

Teachers these days aren't respected as much anymore and definitely don't get paid what they deserved. Schools are given less money and are forced to shut down important programs like gym and music. More teachers are getting laid off because we don't have the money to pay them.

People may not understand the type of work I do, and may not see that it is worth it, but I love what I do and get such joy out of working with kids that I can't see myself doing anything else

Pictures

Just wanted to take the time to post some pictures before heading to work. Now that the weather is starting to become nicer I will be outside more and spend more time at the park!

Happy Wednesday everyone!