A Gentle man and a Gentleman

Back on March 5th  I wrote 'Time in a Bottle" which was about my Grade 5 teacher.  After reading that piece his daugther wrote "I love to hear the stories of how my Dad touched one of his students lives. It really means so much to know that he was as great a teacher to his students as he is a father to me. Thanks so much for sharing this Shelley! When he retired he said that he learned more from his students than his students ever learned from him. :)"
Friday - reading through Facebook posts and Black Rose's texts, I have learned that Brian is not well.  One of his Grandsons and Black Rose are friends.  His wife writes "Going through the saddest time of my life. Please keep us in your prayers". My heart absolutely breaks for this family.  Each of them are so thoughtful. The love and respect of their family members, as well as for others, is obvious.

Today (Saturday) one of his young Grandsons has written "Grandfather , a Father a husband ... My grandfather was the best man I have ever had the pleasure to know . At least he's in heaven now . He will always be loved and missed but never ever will he most certanly never ever be forgotten R.I.P Brian Kenny ♥ ♥ ♥"   

Brian Kenny died July 10th, 2010 at the age of 58.

Time in a Bottle

Each of us has had teachers whether we were home schooled or public schooled. And, let's be honest we all have 'favorites'. I am fortunate in that I have had 2 Teachers that I can say are my 'favorites'. I would like to tell you about one of them today.

In Grade 5 I had a young Teacher who was relatively fresh out of school himself. Math never was my strong subject (not even close) and he would spend so much time trying to help me. I couldn't learn my multiplication tables -with the exception of the 5's and had to go back/ahead from there. I have even tried over the years since and still can’t learn them.(Maybe someday they will give a technical/medical name for it). As you may recall, we had to do 'long hand' 'show your work' math waayyyy back then. He spent hours with me trying to figure out how I was doing my math because it didn't 'look' right, but the answer was. Thank you for the hours you spent, the time you gave. Today I work with numbers daily. But don't worry, I use the calculator and Excel has formulas that I borrow.

Thank you Brian Kenny for being such a special individual both in School and out. Brian & his family live just down the street and are very special to many.