My mother, A retired school teacher and loving wife for 57 years before my Daddy passed away.My mother was devoted to children, not just her own. She taught high school kids and it kept her young and in touch.When I was a senior in high schoolmy younger brother died wth Leukimia. Although her heart was broken, she immediately returned to the classroom. My brother had been sick for eleven years, but there was not very many days that she was absent because her kids in the classroom needed her too. My Mother will turn eighty this August, she is still sharp as a tack and cannot believe that teachers make the money that they make now. She actually would probably taught simply for the love and pleasure of seeing young people benfit from her teaching. I have shared my mother with hundreds of kids and am so proud when people tell me that 'Mrs, Brassell" was my favorite teacher. Thank you Mother for sharing your love and faith in human beings with me and all of the kids you taught.

My sons are my hero's They are two great young men who are doing what they have to do to make there lives better. My oldest son is working on his Phd on-line without scholarships and my youngest will be graduating from college in 2010 with a duel major with a high GPA. They are all they could be.