BLURR

This month has rather been a blurr....After Ronnie's service, I was notified that a Wedding I was a Coordinator at, one of the bridesmaid's brother had been shot and they were bringing him back to the States from Iraq. He passed away and will be a 'brother' that I will enjoy meeting in Heaven. Knowing Christ as your Personal Savior leaves NO DOUBT as to where you will be when you leave this fragile life behind. God is sooooo NOT willing that any of us should perish and be separated from Him throughout eternity..

I did battle a bout of Vertigo in May and the Dr. tried just a steroid this time....no infection in ear or sinus. It worked quickly and after removing a big hunk of scare tissue from around the tube in the ear, WOW what a difference! The pressure was gone there. Missed 2 days of school and NOW tomorrow is the LAST DAY of the 2007-2008 school year.

I just attended the Recognition/Retirement Tea this afternoon. I was given an Apple Key Chain for 15 years of service to this District.....You may roll your eyes too. At least they keep track of the time. I will frame the certificate and put that in my room. Parents and kids like to see those things. At 20, I will get a brass apple and then when I retire a brass School Bell mounted on a wooden base with your name, dates, and Retirement. Maybe I can get both of them at the same time......

I may not get back here until I get back from a visit to Iowa and my parents. That will be around June 12....Maybe I can hook up with a computer. I have chosen to fly because of the high cost of gas. I have all ready saved $60 on the outrageous plane ticket = $537. I booked it in March.

Blessings

A HERO

Monday, May 12th we will lay to rest a HERO.

Ronnie J. Tucker KIA Iraq April 30, 2008

Rest is peace.

God will protect those you love here.

Sadness

I am saddened today with the report of close family friends whose son was killed in Iraq this week. Molly and Ronnie went through grades K - 12 together and Emily was a good friend of his older sister Samantha. I admire his mom Susan for leaving an abusive marriage, returning to College and getting her Degree in Spanish. She has taught now for 8 years. Through this all, she raised 3 great kids. Then she met that one man that thought of her first and loves her dearly. We all rejoiced at their wedding....Scott and Brian joined the Tucker's and life was blessed. After Emily and Sam graduated we would run into each other at school events but were not as close as those other years. Daisy, the middle daughter, was a year ahead of Molly and Ronnie.

Ronnie??? What a character... Molly and he took different paths, he became such a striking young man. FUNNY!! beyond measure....such a HAM and JOKE-STER!!! Such an infections laugh and you knew he had had probably planned and executed the joke, but there was NO way that you could pin it on him.....Now gone...way too early at 21.

God you will Bless, Protect and Keep this family.....You are covered in my prayers.