I hope all the mothers out there and everyone else had a happy and healthy Mother’s Day! School is going very well. I’m learning a lot and will be graduating from my reading program in November. You would guess I know a lot, but I don’t. I’m smart, but there are certain things you’re supposed to know coming out of school that I don’t.
Last year, Academy of Hope helped me find out I have a learning disability. I never knew that before. I was pushed through each grade without learning anything.
I just learned my times tables this year and I’m 56.
Some schools don’t care what you know. It’s a money thing: they get you out of school so someone else can come through.
I’m very grateful for the school I go to now, D.C. Literacy. The teachers work with you and really teach you. They give examples. They listen when you say you don’t understand.
I also wanted to update my regular readers that my iron levels could be better, but the I.V. treatment I get every week at the hospital is helping.
I’m excited to be able to go on another AA weekend retreat this year and stay in a cabin in the mountains. The peace of mind I got from last year’s retreat was great. It’s good to get away sometimes. And I even learned how to make a tie-dye shirt.
