One of the great kids from 2006-7, who has moved far away, called a couple of weeks ago to say he would be in town this week and invited me to meet him to catch up. So this morning I'm looking through old pictures on FB. There's a lot of my heart in this picture. Parents and siblings come to mind. A great science fair. Our days at camp. Walks in the woods and at Arrowhead. A few I still see now and then.
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| The class picture from 2007. |
Just a few days ago I attended the funeral of cheerful, kind, creative Shayne. Only 23. Heartbreaking. (Shayne is right in the middle of the class picture -- the curly headed boy with a light blue shirt emblazoned with a dark blue Armuchee "A".)
My fellow teachers will appreciate that sometimes you have a group of kids who just sort of jell. This was one of those groups. From big ol' Tyler Camp to little ol' Lauren Hooper, they were wonderful kids and as a whole an enthusiastic, cooperative bunch. I love 'em all and it'll be great to catch up with Mathew today. (Mathew is in a dark blue polo just in front of Shayne.)
And don't worry, we'll guard against Covid with masks and/or physical distance. 
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Later note:
I had a great lunch and visit with Mathew and his mom at Sam's Burgers. We talked about many of the kids in that class and reminisced about his good friend Shayne who we just lost to Covid a few days ago. We talked about Split Rock at Nature's Classroom, and jabberwocky and The Lion's Paw. A great afternoon for this ol' teacher. Thanks, Mathew Chance Padgett!
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| We shed our masks and held our breaths while Mathew's mom a couple of photos this afternoon. |
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| We shed our masks and held our breaths while Mathew's mom made a couple of photos this afternoon. |
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| Mathew climbing through the famous "Split Rock" at Nature's Classroom on Lookout Mountain in 2007. |
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