tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436337434445842616.post7417709201591998170..comments2024-01-29T00:24:01.199-05:00Comments on Embrace the Grace: Mrs. WoodhamSheri Hawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01793306141253278799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436337434445842616.post-18817948268491496352018-06-12T20:40:48.333-04:002018-06-12T20:40:48.333-04:00What a testimony to the blessings of being from a ...What a testimony to the blessings of being from a small town. I can only imagine how many lives Mrs. Francis touched during her years of teaching. Wow!Sheri Hawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793306141253278799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436337434445842616.post-31681414959585670422018-06-12T20:36:05.682-04:002018-06-12T20:36:05.682-04:00What a lovely description, Kristy. These are the ...What a lovely description, Kristy. These are the stories that keep teachers coming back year after year. Sheri Hawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793306141253278799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436337434445842616.post-58538538058893956442018-06-11T17:22:05.787-04:002018-06-11T17:22:05.787-04:00Like you, my favorite teacher was my second grade ...Like you, my favorite teacher was my second grade teacher. It just so happened that she was also my dad's cousin so I had known her all my life. We lived in a small town, I think there were 4 second grade teachers at the time. Back then, you were assigned your teacher based on what level you were on. Mrs. Francis, aka Lillie, had the higher achieving students and I was assigned to her. She never showed favoritism to me. Mrs. Francis never had children of her own so her students were her kids. She taught until they made her retire I think and then taught piano lessons for many years, only stopping when her husband's health failed and he went into the nursing home. She spent nearly every day with him at the nursing home - she didn't drive so my dad and a woman from church took turns dropping her off around 8 and picking her up at 4. Lillie passed away a little over 5 years ago at the age of 103.Phyllis Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176634336940176771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436337434445842616.post-7958429823348306532018-06-11T14:40:21.886-04:002018-06-11T14:40:21.886-04:00My first grade teacher, Miss Ranson, was the most ...My first grade teacher, Miss Ranson, was the most glamorous person I had met up to that time in my short life. She was a newly minted teacher bursting with enthusiasm and energy. I will remember always her quiet encouragement when I struggled and her sincere "Atta girl" when success was mine. I remember crying when spring break rolled around and I wouldn't see her for two whole weeks. Sadly, I never saw or heard of her again after the June day in 1969 when I promoted to second grade. Funny how clear those memories still are today.Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377528708640756890noreply@blogger.com