Love mike

It will be 7 years on Nov. 22 that my husband died. My only son recently got engaged and I'm so happy about it. I love his fianc?, as do his three sisters. His engagement has triggered a bit of sadness. Knowing his dad will miss this is hard, the thought of watching my first child marry without my husband with me is very sad. But at almost seven years, there have been a lot of celebrations that we've not had him here for. My sons fianc? is from another state and they will be traveling to her home for Thanksgiving, which is fine. I buried my husband the day before thanksgiving, so I really do not enjoy the holiday. My son had mentioned that her family is planning an engagement celebration for them while they are there. The party is planned on the anniversary of my husbands death. I had thought the party would be small and so I while I found the timing of the party to be disrespectful, I understood how it happened. My son agreed to the Sunday before Thanksgiving without realizing that was the death date. Once set in motion, I think he felt conflicted about asking them to change the date, especially since the wedding will be held here where we live. I feel that her family should've moved the date anyway, once they knew. That's a hard day for us, and out of respect for my son and his family they should've switched to anther day. Turns out the party is more formal and more of a big deal than I had originally thought. I was very conflicted about whether or not I should go to the party. One of my main concerns is that in going, I will leave the other kids here on that day. They're adults, but still we're very close and always together on that day. After much thought, I've decided to go and be there for my son. I'm flying there and back on that day - the thought of staying overnight in a hotel by myself is not something I want to do. Not sure why I felt compelled to post this other than I know you guys will understand. The thought of being at a celebration for such a happy event on the anniversary of the worst day of my life is so hard. It seems like such a nasty twist of fate that this timing of the two dates has happened. I'm sure it'll work out fine, in the end. I'm also positive that my husband would want me to go be there for my son. Thanks for reading and understanding.

So glad to see you back! I hope you are doing well!!

I'm a 2nd grade teacher and parents are generally not allowed to make such requests. Of course there are exceptions, but it is not encouraged at all. For the past two years, the teachers have actually worked together as a team - 4 teachers per grade level - to place students for the upcoming year into classes, with the teachers we feel will be the right fit. So my grade level worked to place this years third graders in the classes with each particular teacher. We could focus on which kids needed to be seperated, which kids might need a little extra tlc, etc. It seems like your principal is extremely unprofessional and asking for a ton of problems. There's no way to make everyone happy in that situation.

I'm a teacher and I was in my mid-thirties when I began teaching. There are some things you can do to help yourself prepare for the school year. Think about what's going to be important to you in your classroom. Do you want a quiet environment, do you want to assign a lot of group work, how do you want to handle things such a homework or absent work, etc.? Start a list of these things and then prioritize and think about how to implement them in your classroom. Be prepared on day one to make your expectations clear to your students - make notecards to follow, if you're nervous. Be consistent with what works and be flexible to change what doesn't work. Once you get to know your colleagues, they'll be a great resource of knowledge and experience. Good luck

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I'm Traci and my husband Mike died suddenly in Nov. 2008. The doctor suspected he died from a pulmonary embolism but couldn't be sure without an autopsy. My kids did not want the autopsy performed on their dad and in my shocked state I agreed with them - I wish I had let them do it so we would know for sure. I have four kids who are doing well. I don't post a lot, but read almost daily. Thank you to those who are committed to keeping this community going.