Teachers...they DO make an impact!

Sometimes reestablishing a relationship with an old friend or teacher can have great results.

We had my very first teacher and his wife over, Dr Stan & Mrs Rhoda Sapon, for dinner Saturday night. Dr S taught me how to talk (I never learned how to shut up) and fine-tuned my cognitive abilities as a very young child. I have always maintained some sort of contact with them but never really spent quality time with them.

Over Vege Lasagna (from Chef Suzette) and Apple Pie, I learned a great deal about how my disability was viewed as a child. I didn't start talking until I was 3 and not because of my disability, but because with 3 brothers all I needed to do was point at something and grunt and I would be given whatever it was.

He also gave us some spectacular pictures of my childhood times with him (I was such a CUTE wittle kid!). We talked about everything from politics to the joys of marriage and even how much of an impact my success has had on their hearts and memories.

I am grateful...and honored that we-in their words, "have been such a joy" to them and I owe them much.

Posted by pboulay at November 17, 2003 01:02 AM