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Sep 24, 2013 15:16

I just learned that my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Wilcox, passed away.  While I don't have any strong ties to her, she was still very significant in my life. I went to a small Catholic school, so everyone - teachers and students - were close in a way that doesn't happen in a big public school (or a big Catholic school, really).  She was stern, ( Read more... )

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lathriel September 24 2013, 21:55:40 UTC
What a lovely story, and a wonderful experience (minus the tears and guilt!).

I know I wouldn't be who I am today were it not for my 5th grade Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Gauger. I finally got up the courage to write a thank you letter to her when TPaL was released--called my middle school, went into that horrible place, gave them the letter to mail it to her--only to find out that she had passed away six years earlier. Six dang years.

So, *HUGS* I feel you on this.

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