She taught for 49 years and subbed for eight years after that. I thought through most of my life that's where I'd be heading, but in my early 20s I thought that maybe it wasn't right for me.

It was just my grandmother's role-modeling and my goal of always wanting to be working with kids. I always liked teachers and I figured that somewhere along the line that's where I needed to be. No matter what age I started, that's where I was going to end up.

She didn't have anybody going to her alma mater and she was kind of upset about that.

I knew what I wanted to do. I just had to reach my goal and stay with it.

No matter what age I started, that's where I was going to end up.

I never thought it was humanly possible, but this both sucks and blows.