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| Sunday, 16 May 2010 | |
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YOU NEVER KNOW! As a retired teacher from Norwalk, and residing in Fairfield, I don’t often run into my former students. But it is a real pleasure and a thrill run into someone who comes up and says: “Ms. Randeria, you may not remember me, but I am XYZ.” The person looks totally different from the one you had as a 12 or 14 year old kid, now with a beard or such. Also the circumstance where you encounter the former student can tell you a lot about how wonderfully mature and thoughtful they have become. That’s what happened to me on a bright May Sunday. I was helping out at a race in Fairfield for my late friend Christine. She was a runner of marathons, a great swimmer and was the Aquatic Director at the Bridgeport YMCA. She lost her struggle to cancer a few months ago and her friends organized this race: Christine’s Run It While You Can to benefit the foundation her family is establishing to help the kids at the Y in Bridgeport. While I was helping register people, these two young men came up and said the above sentence. You bet I didn’t recognize them. They introduced themselves as Nick and Trevor, were thrilled to see me and I was most impressed with them. When I inquired what they were doing in Fairfield, they said a friend knew Chris and so they had joined that person and were glad to be there. I was so delighted to learn that these two kids – now young men – were giving of their time and money to benefit those who needed it. I saw them later running in the race while I was monitoring the route and we waved at each other. They seemed to be running so effortlessly and were in the group that finished pretty early. Due to the large crowd at the end, I unfortunately didn’t get a chance to chat with them again. |
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