Long ago, I had a teacher I loved. I liked having her in second grade. I liked having her in fifth grade even more. Then a little over a year ago, I ran into her when she was selling her books at a local craft fair. I had come across her first book in the library, but I didn't recognize the name since she'd remarried in the last 20-some years since I'd had her as a teacher. I quickly and excitedly bought her books. The books were given to our kids, and I told them stories about her and what a wonderful teacher she was ... even though they'd already heard most of the stories about her whenever I talk about teachers I had.
This past fall, I saw her at the same craft fair where she was selling her newest book. Still excited by the fact that she's writing books, I quickly bought the newest one to give to the kids for Christmas. Then I found out that she'd be doing a book reading at our library a couple of weeks before Christmas.
My kids were going to get to hear her read her new book!
It ended up to be a bad weather night so the crowd was very small, but that meant the kids could sit even closer and pass around the stuffed animal she'd brought along. Here are my three favorite kids with my favorite teacher from elementary school.
Thank you, Mrs. Sparks (as I'll always call you), for the great memories you've given me and that you're now giving to my kids also!
(If you're interested in her books, here's a link to her author page on Amazon: Marilyn Schuler)
