Lucky Mama

After 27 years of teaching hormonal high schoolers math, my mom is retiring. Her last day will actually be next Friday, but yesterday her high school had a retirement party for her. Thankfully, they consulted her kids on scheduling the party so we could all attend.



Mama has known the principal of Luella High School since the late 80s, when she was on the committee who interviewed him for a vice principal position at Stockbridge High (where she taught before Luella.) She always said if he was a principal somewhere, she would want to work for him. He got Luella when it opened in 2003 and Mama has taught there since. (It didn't hurt that it is a much shorter drive to work for her every day!) Principal Eckerle clearly thinks highly of my mother, and his remarks reflected that esteem.


One of my mama's students found out she was retiring and burst into the party; he couldn't believe she was retiring.

Hudson and Bowen enjoyed the party, and practiced sitting in desks.

Now Mama plans to spend more time at the beach, will work on her new porch and on her yard. She will spend more time with her sisters and told Daddy she might even start cooking again. Mama will also spend more time with her kids and grandchildren - and she was able to wait until we were about to leave to tell Marc and me that she was ready for some more little grandkiddies.