OPINION —
Although it doesn’t seem possible, Feb. 18 will mark the fifth anniversary of this column. Six years ago, if anyone had told me one day that I would have a column in The Observer, I would have said, “You’re crazy!” However, this is column number 180 or 181 (as a retired English teacher, I’m bad at math, and I accidentally miscounted).
As I’ve mentioned numerous times, Mike and I are retired school teachers. We loved teaching our kids; however, teaching takes a lot of energy and stamina. We noticed in our last few years as educators that we were running out of steam…