My Three Sons:Part 2; Tim

Tim began dating his future wife in college. Barely. They actually might have begun dating just before graduating and going their separate ways. And I mean by one day! What a sad thing that would have been. Katie and Tim just this past November gave us our third grandchild, Macie. Macie Mae Ruth is the long version. Her middle name Mae, is from Katie's grandmother. They had thought about naming her Ellie, but well the Beverly Hillbillies Show kind of messed that up, if you get where I'm going.

Tim started out being a teacher after getting his teaching degree from Bethel. Tim has always been a kid magnet. He likes them and they love him. It was just a natural thing to become a teacher;and he did. His specialty was elementary education. Tim is cool, calm and unshakable; a perfect combination of traits for the classroom. He had the respect of his kids and he liked them too. One thing Tim wasn't fond of was when a child would cry. Sometimes though, if a child was having a bad day it would happen. The little guy would always get the question "what are you crying for?" Usually, before long, the matter was deemed to be too trivial to waste perfectly good tears on. Tim was just able to help them put things in the right perspective. Someone has to be the clear thinker in elementary classes. And clear thinking he is. I think maybe Tim might have stayed in teaching if not for the politics of it. Many things are decided during preschool year teacher meetings in the school building. Let's just say that some things weren't decided upon quickly enough for some and leave it at that. But when Tim left teaching, they lost not only a great teacher, but one heck of a fine baseball coach. Tim took on the JV coaching job at Adams High School for a year. He had the best temperament of ANY coach I have seen in high school. The third base coaches box can be the place that has the loudest sighs, orneriest scowls, and silliest stomps; all of which scare the player in the batters box to death. If coaches knew how nervous they made their hitters, they would stop...I think. But all that ended when Tim gave up teaching. Where did he go? What is he doing? Stay tuned.
Tomorrow: Still helping little kids.