Jun5

like a river.

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how lucky am i that this was both for me?

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on this

my very last day of teaching

 soon to be retired

with who knows what

adventure still to come.

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“if i thought i knew what was going to happen, it wouldn’t be worth doing. the challenge is how joyfully, with what sense of fun and adventure and playfulness, we will greet it. we don’t have to look for what the next thing will be.if experience is any judge, it’ll come flowing toward us like a river.”

-stephen colbert

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  26. Congratulations, Beth!
    I didn’t know I was retiring when Covid hit, but when things started rolling again, I was retired.
    I’ve been having the time of my life, since. (once I ruled out running away from home and joining a band)
    I bet you will, too!

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  32. Ditto what everyone else said here Beth…and more! Did you cry? I would of cried happy, sad, excited, overwhelmed, etc. tears of joy! Think of all the lives you’ve touched and made a difference all these years. Now it’s time for the big world out there to touch you and make a difference. Congratulations! Chris from Gig Harbor, Washington. If your travels ever take you to the PNW…let me know…I would love to meet you! :)

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    • Thanks so much , Chris and it was all of that a mix of up-and-down emotions all day. Yes the Pacific Northwest is one of the places I would like to visit if I ever come out that way we wonderful if we could meet up I’d love that thank you so much for your kind words.

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  34. Thank you for your many years of service, Beth. Even though I’ve obviously never visited your classroom, I know you were an outstanding eductor. As always, you made it about the kids and never you. Humbleness is a totally underrated quality. One beautiful thing about retirement is you still run into your old students all the time, and they don’t forget.

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    • thank you so much, Pete, and I really take your words to heart, master teacher that you are. yes, I’d love to see my students and have offered to be pen pals to them –

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  36. Had such a laugh at your princess dress…. what a way to take ‚leave‘. if you haven‘t, like i did, married a much younger man, you‘ll never again need an alarm in the morning. i still do, many years ‚over‘ my retirement age, because i insist that we have breakfast together. But I also bet that you‘ll miss the kids terribly. they have been such a large part of your daily life. and they will miss you.
    still: wishing you the happiest retirement, with or without princess garments and magic wands.

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  39. Brilliant quotation, and exactly how you approach teaching and your children. And what is more perfect than how you, Beth, dress for work. This made me smile one of those gigantic smiles, the kind that filters into your heart.😍

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