Ruth H. touched our children's lives early on and, therefore, blessed my young-mother's heart immeasurably. She was our K4 teacher for both Amy and Chip. Since Amy and Chip are now 32 and 30 years old respectively, you can see that we go way back.
I have a memory of Amy's first day of kindergarten..... She cried when I took her in and and I cried in the car all the way home. Chip would have been just 20 months old, so I remember that we got home from taking Amy to school and I busy with him and with housework. I remember that I watched and watched and watched the clock ~~ wondering how Amy was doing and antsy to go pick her up from her first day of K4. I was in Chip's room playing with him (waiting on the clock to pass when it would be time to go get her) when my phone rang. It was Mrs. H on the other end of the line ~~ asking me if I was coming to get Amy. School was to get out at 11:30 but got out an hour early on that first day. Here I had been watching the clock and counting down the minutes until time to jump in the car and go get my little Amy, and I had blown it!!! That was an embarrassing start for me as the mother of a student at TCS, but Mrs. H was very gracious and didn't make me feel like a total idiot.
I don't have a specific memory of Chip's first day of school but imagine I went back to my empty house (Amy would have been in 2nd grade when Chip started K4) and cried because both of my babies were now in school.
Through the relationship of Mrs. H teaching both of our children, we became friends and she became "Ruth" to me. She introduced me to her parakeets and cockatiels and we bought birds from her for a few years. Her husband Johnny and my dad worked together at the VA Hospital so that was another connection. We were church members together and so worshipped together and had opportunity to minister together at times.
Having moved away from T-Town some 6-1/2 years ago, I have forgotten a lot of things, but when I woke up and was lying in bed praying for America early this morning, it popped up from my memory bank that Ruth is celebrating her birthday, too!
Ruth, I would like to wish you a very happy birthday full of God's best blessings. Our greetings to Johnny and Hank as well. You and your family are still dear to us. Happy Birthday and many more!!
Love,
Susan
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17 years ago
