A WOMAN'S PEROGATIVE

Did someone say "retire?" Life has thrown another surprise my way. I am enjoying my job again. As of now, I plan to teach a few more years. My sweet Cameron will come to school with me. I'll put away a few more pay checks and save for a rainy day. There are a few more good years left in Mrs. Lollar's bag of tricks.

TIME FOR A CHANGE

I started attending school in 1963. September through May ....... most recently, August through May........... year after year back to school. As a student, I completed twelve years of public school and five years of college. As an educator, I have taught music for twenty-nine years. Forty six years of my life have revolved around following the rules, regulations and deadlines set by others. My days have been divided into periods of time surrounded by the ringing of a school bell. I have done my best to resist the urge to by "tardy." I have learned the required formulas, expressed myself with perfect grammar, walked in line single file, and have "played well with others" (most of the time.) It feels that the time has come to go in a different direction now. Think about the time I've invested in formal education: forty six years; 8,280 days; 66,240 hours....... it's mind boggling. I think it's time. It's to for me to make the rules and regulations, time to design my own calendar, time to turn off the school bells and time to forget "playing well with others." I think I am ready to be tardy any time I want to. I think I'll start soon.

BLESSED

I entered motherhood at a very young age. Barely twenty years old, the focus of my life abruptly changed from my own wants and needs to those of my tiny little girl. How was I to know that the greatest joys of life would come in the smallest packages. Furthermore, who was to know that these tiny beings would demand so much of their earthly hosts. On October 11, 1977, I became a mother and since that day, my life has belonged to others. Just a short fifteen months later, my April would become a big sister to Natalie. Double the joy - double the responsibility. In my current life, these two young women have brought seven precious souls into our family. Cameron, Aubreigh, Brittany, Michal, Joel, Brennon and Kielyn - my dear ones.
My sweet Steve is the best grandfather these kids could have had. I am blessed, often overwhelmed, always tired, but blessed.