Winter Break is soo relaxing, its making me feel a tad lazy. Oh wells, so yesterday, I had my first SF Asian clubbing experience! It was pretty fun...much better than the craziness 3 years ago at City Lights. There were cage dancers at City Lights and I felt out of place. This time it was much better with alcohol :)!
Anyhow back to the real reason for this entry.
So today, my close friend from high school told me that Ms. Bonnie Hansen, one of the teachers from my old high school, passed away on Friday evening. I never had Ms. Hansen as a teacher directly during my years at Burton. But she was my teacher regardless, I interacted with her during lunch hours and during the weekends because she was the faculty sponsor for Building with Books, the club I was doing leadership for during my high school years. She was also the faculty sponsor for the schools, GSA (Gay Straight Alliance), and I still believe she is the one that sparked my interest in LGBT issues.
So through a Facebook invite I found out that there will be a memorial service for her tomorrow at 5pm at Burton. Tomorrow will be the first time that I'll be going back to Burton since my graduation. It's been four years and I'm still in disbelief that a tragedy like this will be the event that brings me back. Anyhow I just need to pay my respects to the person that helped shape me so much during those four tough years.
I think I never let her know how much I appreciated her being the faculty sponsor or showed my graditude towards her. I was sorta bad with emotions during high school. I was pretty passive aggressive. I think tomorrow would help me reconcile that chapter of my life since I believe I'll be seeing a lot of old faces!
Stay Warm and Seasons Greetings!
Helen <3
1 comment:
Saw your link on gchat :)
I am very sorry to hear about your teacher. A few years ago, I lost my first grade elementary teacher...I didn't hear about it until a couple of months later. She was the first person in this country that ever believed in me. I owe her a lot and I never got a chance to tell her about what I have been able to accomplish. I think about her every now and then and this post brought up some good memories. Thanks for sharing.
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