August 2011 – Warp and Woof

August

We are made to remember. The smell in the air the last week of July tells me August is coming.

Everyone in elementary school knew me as “Eckel the elephant.” Before I grew six inches in one year, I was

Johnny Unitas became my hero when I was 8 years old. Johnny U. was the quarterback of the Baltimore Colts

Trace Adkins tells a story in song. “Whad ya do?” asks the guy in the seat next to his. Adkins explains

Itzhak Perlman was struck with polio as a child forever leaving him disabled.

You look all over for your glasses until someone points out that they are on your head.

As lifetime educators the book Three Cups of Tea was received with great appreciation at our home.

If a nation does not teach its own history, it will soon be history.

My mom’s friend Joyce was a captain in the Army: the Salvation Army.

The teacher asks, “Who will tell me where you are in the textbook?”