Yes, I was listening

Like a lot of people my age, I spend time looking through the obituaries in the morning. I think it is important to know what is going on in the world and obituaries tell you a lot.

As I was reading the death notices a couple weeks ago I saw that one of my former teachers had passed away, Mr. Bob Babbitt. I told my wife and I felt a sadness come over me.

I started to think about my time in junior high and some of those great and not so great memories started churning through my head. I remember Mr. Babbitt as a really good wood shop teacher but my interests in woodworking wouldn’t hit me for a...