At the start of this blog, there are roughly 476 Mondays until my youngest child turns 18. By no means does that mean that I am finished being "Mama," but I will have at least gotten them all eligible to vote!

Monday, June 20, 2011

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Mondays will blindside you.

I was kind of interested to see what today would bring-after all since the whole premise is that Mondays are more interesting than other days, whether good or bad, I was hoping today would have SOMETHING go on to write about. It did.

I had a coworker named Mrs. Rajan when I was teaching.  She found out just before school let out at the end of May that she had stage 4 cancer.  Mrs. Rajan passed away this morning.

Mrs. Rajan wasn't someone who sugar coated things. She wasn't one who was afraid to ask a question when she wasn't sure about something and she wasn't one who was afraid to share information either.  She was generous.

There won't be a funeral for Lalita Rajan.  She was Hindu, and they don't do that.  Tomorrow she will be cremated.  Next year there will be a new teacher in her room, teaching her students.

But on this day-I remember her.
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  1. Denise L ShieldsJune 20, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    Cherish your time with even your co-workers. You never know when it will be the last smile, laugh, or truthful comment to share. I miss her and want to hear her voice one more time.

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