poem

12 years ago we thought graduation would never come.
12 years ago we were ready to take on the world.
Today we hope graduation doesn't come to soon.
Today we realize we might not be so ready to take on the world.
It's time to grow up but we just want to be kids.
It's time to go out on our own with out our friends that we grew up with.
Time to make new memories when all we want is to make our old memories last.
Time to say goodbye to the schools and the town that we have felt so safe in.
We can't stop time as much as we might want to.
We can't know the future as much as we might worry about it.
It's time to grow up.
It's time to take on the world.
I'm ready.

WHAT IS THIS!?

WHAT IS THIS!? By Rachel Sprayberry

A teacher story

One teacher that has ever made a difference in my life wasn't an actual teacher she was a teachers aid and she is like a second mom to me. Her youngest son dated my older sister for 5 years, her oldest son was one of my brothers best friends her oldest daughter was also a good friend of the family and her husband was like an uncle to me. I love her whole family with all my heart. Her name is Missy Farley. In junior high I was even quieter than I am now (I know hard to believe). I didn't have many friends and never really talked to anyone. But when I met her she taught me how to open up and to not be afraid of talking to people. I really think that she is the reason that I have as many friends as I do today. Every time I saw her in the hall I'd stop and give her a hug and she would talk to me and ask me how I was and what I'd been up to. If I was having a bad day she could always make me laugh and forget what I was upset about. She is no longer a teachers aid and has moved away but I still try to keep in touch with her. Every time she comes to town we go and get ice cream and just talk about things that I'm not able to talk to with anyone else and she listens. I miss her and her family very day that they are gone but I know she's happy doing what shes doing and she is also very happy where she is and that is all that matters.