Today, I found out that one of my instructors from my freshman year of high school passed away and will be laid to rest on Tuesday. I am deeply saddened to hear this news of the passing of Mrs. Moore, but at the same time, I know that she was a believer and that I will see her again one day. When I learned of this news, I was just taken back to my freshman year of high school all over again. It was Mrs. Moore that made me feel so comfortable because this was a huge step in my life and of course the normal ridiculing that went on from upper classmen directed towards freshman. Mrs. Moore was hard on all of her students, but she just wanted to bring out the maximum potential in each and every one of her students. It is now that I am 40 years old that I realize that the impact that Mrs. Moore had on my life is so much more than I thought. I can remember days when I thought that being at a magnet high school was the wrong decision because all of my friends decided to attend our neighborhood high school. Mrs. Moore always told me that there was something in me that needed to be developed and birthed and that it was a good decision to go outside of the normal path that the majority of my friends since elementary took. She could see something in me that even I didn’t see. For this I am so grateful to have had such a wonderful teacher come into my life. R.I.P. Mrs. Edith Moore.
You may have a similar situation in your life where you have a person who have made an impact in your life and there comes a time in your life where you realize just how great of an impact that individual has truly made in your life. If that person is still here, why not call them, send them a message, or even go visit them and tell them just how much they mean to you and just how they have impacted your life. Have a wonderful day!
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