Last Thursday night, we went to a girls high school basketball game.
My wife played basketball when she was in high school, so this is one of those random activities we both enjoy.
My wife playing basketball in high school. To this day, she can whip my butt @ a game of CAT
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I was sitting in the top row of bleachers when Ms Johnson, the now retired, but former principle when our kids were in school came into the gym.
Keep in mind, the gym is pretty much packed. I’m guessing she knows 75% of the people in that side of the bleacher. Anyway, she looks up in my direction and waves. I was pretty sure she was not waving at me, but not 100% so I waved back. Ten seconds later she has walked up to where I am sitting….”It is good to see you.” she says. ” How are your kids?”
We talked for a couple of minutes,and that was it.
The conversation touched me. Out of all of those hundreds of people, she’d made a special point to acknowledge us.
The next day, I did a little more digging, come to find out, really, the only child she’d had much interaction with was our youngest. He and I work together, so he was telling me stories from his time under Ms Johnon. Some of them I’d never heard before. Let’s just say, he was in her office more than once, and it wasn’t to be rewarded. There was one incident where she’d had him in the office after something particularly naughty, made him call me on the phone while sitting in her office. (on the speaker phone).
After he confessed to me, the transgression, I agreed to deal with him (and whatever it was) when he got home.
I’m old school. If you got into trouble at school, you were really in trouble when you got home.
When she and I were talking on the bleachers that night she looked me in the eye, and said, she really misses the kids, but the rest of the stuff, not so much.
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I know this is really random, but that was the 2nd time recently where someone randomly acknowledged me out of the blue. I guess I’m not quite the invisible person I think I am.
LOL” 
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