#cheer-leader

[billduff]

You made a difference.

I thought it would be like closing the page to the book – but it seems we have just begun another chapter. Wouldn’t it be nice if that happened more often – just when you think you’ve reached the end, it turns out it is a new beginning? I suppose, in a way, it did close a chapter; I am no longer the teacher; at least, I am no longer bound by the constraints of the classroom. Oh – to have the…

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[billduff]

One Step at a Time

After Vandie’s fitness class was over today, I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or to cry.   I was doing the final calf stretch and the tears welled up.  I didn’t know whether to let ‘em rip or hold them back.  I didn’t know where they were coming from:  fear or hope.  “And switch legs”, coached Vandie.  I heard her.  I obeyed. (We must always obey Vandie!) “Move your feet in and slowly stand up”,…

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[thelindenchronicles]

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood...

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood…

A home is not a home without a gnome

After my heart operation last summer I was healed enough to get a job.  The book, “The Wolf’s Moon“, was still selling but due to my need to put the world back into perspective, I applied and was hired as a substitute janitor.

At first, it was at the high school.  I swept and mopped floors, scrubbed desktops and whatever else it took for the students and…

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