Retired Principal Tales

Taking One Day at a Time

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  • Out of the Mouth of Babes

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    Susie Grace
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    Saturday, the two littles and I were going on a road trip to watch their cousin play basketball. I was trying to get the cord in the car to hook up to the tablet, so they could watch a video on the way there. I could not get it to work, and the word slipped…

  • The Hardest Time

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    Susie Grace
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    A moment in life that made me realize I was stronger than I thought was the day my dad committed suicide. I was in shock for most of that time, therefore, my true feelings did not come out until later. I remember standing at his bedside for the two days in the ICU when they…

  • Risk

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    Susie Grace
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    The risk I took, which I do not regret, was pursuing my education to become a principal. Although it was stressful a lot of the time, I do not regret the experience that made me the person I am today. My parents said I’d never finish my first degree. Today, I have three. I don’t…

  • Hard Moments

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    Susie Grace
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    My daughter has survived a liver transplant. My daughter has survived lymphoma. She has to wait two years from last June before she can be placed on the kidney transplant list. That will be June 2027. She will probably have to wait another two years to get a kidney. Can she do it? Yes. She’s…

  • Who Needs Pride?

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    Susie Grace
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    The wicked snows of winter that isolated many of us from activities we love have seemingly gone away. Being afraid of slipping and falling was one of my biggest fears when the snow was on. Somehow though I managed to go flying face first a few weeks ago, without any snow on the ground, on…

  • Running as Fast as I Can

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    Susie Grace
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    I haven’t posted in a couple of weeks. Life is running full speed ahead. Basketball, baptisms, school pick ups, teaching, grading, and many other things are occupying my retired life. I haven’t even thought about Easter. I can say that my puppy is also taking a lot of my time nowadays. Last week, we had…

  • Short Prayer

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    Susie Grace
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    I am thinking about a person I worked with who had a horrible vehicle accident yesterday. He’s going to be ok, but rolled his truck, has a severe concussion, plus a few other things. Someone hit him going at a high rate of speed on a local highway, and honestly, from what I hear, he…

  • One Question I Dislike

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    Susie Grace
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    The one question I do not like to be asked is “So how do you like retirement?” It is not a bad question, and those who ask me are being kind. I just do not like to say, “I love it,” because really, I do not, but to stay positive, I say I do. Or…

  • Tricky Old Steps

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    Susie Grace
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    Recently, I found out that my dear friend took a horrible fall down some old, tricky steps. Luckily, she did not break any bones or have a concussion, but man, she has black eyes, stitches, and multiple other injuries from falling down some old, tricky steps that were not, let’s say, uniform. I might mention…

  • Some Days Can Be Like That…

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    Susie Grace
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    Tuesday was a crazy day. I was all prepared for my class and really was excited to go. Everything was normal until the I hit the classroom door at the college. I had to rearrange the room again, due to sharing the room with another professor. Her arrangement is fine if you are doing discussion…