Retired Principal Tales

Taking One Day at a Time

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  • 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…

  • My Favorite People to be Around

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    Susie Grace
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    Who are my favorite people to be around? I just think that it depends on where I am, however, my Granddaughters are THE favorites! I can be feeling down, but if I am around them, I perk up and enjoy their company. Now, mind you, they do not allow me to do anything but enjoy…

  • What Were My Parents Doing at My Age?

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    Susie Grace
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    I have thought about how my parents were at my age before this question came up. My dad passed away at the age of 46 when I was 22, so he was not here at my ripe age of 68. I’m sure he would have been working 24/7 farming. My mother was sitting in the…

  • In Class or Online

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    Susie Grace
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    The weather is better today. I will get to be in person with my students for the first time in three weeks. The snow has forced online classes for much of the semester so far. It’s both a good thing and a bad thing, all at once. The amount of preparation is the same, but…