A teacher is appreciated more after the students become adults and realize the importance and dedication of a teacher. My teacher-heart is warmed by the acknowledgment from former student stories of my dedication and my love of the subject I taught. Although I had students from other teachers’ classes come for guidance and tutoring.
We have the bells on the door handle for our dog to ring. She’s really good at that, but she also knows to bark when at a door where there are no bells, like visiting my kids/grandkids.
Thank goodness my kids live on lakes so my grands play outside all the time year-round. All belong on sport teams during school time and are avid readers. One gift every birthday and Christmas is a book. Each house contains a library of all kind of books for reading pleasure. One of my grandma pleasures was reading to my 8 grands and seeing the older grands reading to the younger grands on holidays. I am blessed.
Arlo sounds just like my dad when I was a teen many, many tears ago! I think it’s a ‘dad’ thing, since my hubby used some of the same verbiage as my dad and grandpa. Boy, do I miss those dad quips! I love when my grands roll their eyes when my hubby /their papa uses the same ones!
Ditto for me!