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Lyn Asks the September Question

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Well, no, my grade schools didn’t look like that! I’m not THAT OLD! But every fall I think of school. Of course, we all do! The stores are full of pens, pencils, paper and a whole lot more! School has changed since we went. Computers have changed everything except for the fact that students are all kids. And kids will be kids.

One of my fondest memories of school is my third grade crush at Glen Flora School. Oh, my, Benji had the cutest curly blond hair. And I knew he liked me because he would stand in line behind or in front of me. And he’d look at me, grin and then fall straight the floor—not faint, just fall like a tree.

Oh, Mrs. Johnson didn’t like this! But I was so impressed. Fortunately Glen Flora was an older school and had wooden floors or Benji might have gotten a concussion all for love of me. ‘-)

So what do you remember? Please share a fond memory from your school days. Did you have a sweetheart in grade school? A favorite teacher? A fun game on the playground? Can any of you recall one of those jump-rope chants? I can’t!

I’ll give an ebook to one commenter.–Lyn

Remember Ellie’s Forever Family is on sale throught Sept 2nd for 99 cents!

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BridgesBridges by Deborah Raney
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I always enjoy a Deborah Raney book. Her Women’s Fiction tackles the problems of modern life that make relationships challenging. What is most prominent to me about BRIDGES is that the characters are so REAL, nothing contrived. Deb has a talent for this and it’s at its zenith in BRIDGES. Tess and JW are two humans who’ve been battered by life but have soldiered on. Both are mature so this is a Later in Life romance and I love these because romance is not just for the young. Well, I’m not going to retell the story. I will merely recommend that if you want a story of families trying to work things out and a lovely, very real romance, you can’t go wrong with BRIDGES. PS: Having lived in Iowa (the setting) for nearly 20 years, I guessed JW’s real name easily, but I’m not telling!!

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Lyn Asks the September Question — 8 Comments

  1. 1st grade I had a special friend that we would ride our bikes together to and from school and my parents would stand at the corner and watch us as we rode the six blocks to school. Then 2nd through 6th I was in boarding school and one of the parents would come to visit and bring all the puppets that went with Winnie the Pooh and act out the stories. Always a fun time when he would come.

  2. In grade 6 we had a teacher who read to us and we were reading Colin Theilie’s books. He was coming to talk to the grade 7s when he heard we were reading one of his books. He came to our class to talk to us and read a little of his book.
    (He wrote Storm Boy which some may have seen the movie off).

  3. I was in 9TH grade and had always wanted to be a nurse after winning the book telling the life story of Florence Nightingale. I talked to the school nurse who encouraged me by having me spend a study hall in her office helping her take temperatures. I joined the Future Nurse’s Club and was a member in 10TH, 11TH, and 12TH grades.I then went to a 3 year (33 months) hospital registered nurse program.That school nurse wrote to me every other week my entire time in training!

  4. I was in 6th grade when the first grade teacher didn’t show up and the substitute teacher hadn’t arrived. The principal came in and asked that I be excused to watch over the first graders until the substitute arrived. I felt very excited and honored to do this.

  5. Some of my fondest memories of elementary school is celebrating May Day. Each class learned a dance to share and then on May first we all gathered on the field and danced around the May Pole. The 7th grade got to wind the May Pole and we all looked forward to when it would be our turn. Happy times!

  6. Started out being on the swim team in high school…a real fish in the water – LOL. THEN, the school required ‘see thru top nylon swim suits’…Yikes, not for me!!! So, I switched to CHOIR and discovered I could sing and loved it! Added Concert Choir to Regular Choir as well as sang solos, duets ad trios in church. In college it was A cappella Choir…have enjoyed singing ever since and grateful I can still belt it out at 82!

  8. In first and possibly second grade, we were allowed to go home for lunch (yikes, yes I am that old!). It was obviously arranged that I would go to my grandparents’ home. I remember my grandfather, Papa, meeting me outside the school and walking me to his house, then once lunch was ended he walked me back to school. Alas, as is often the case, in my eagerness to ‘grow up’, I ruined this little bit of time with him by complaining that I was ‘old enough’ to walk myself. After than, although I continued to go to their home for lunch, I no longer had his company. I think back now, and wish I could stop that little me from complaining so I could have had all of that time with him!

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