If It Didn't Suck....

On Sunday the 13th, a former colleague of mine had passed away. She had been battling an illness that ravaged her body but not her spirit. Bern, short for Bernadette was a spitfire of a woman. She was loud, brash, outspoken, sarcastic, acerbic and always told it like it was. At the same time she was all of these things she was warm, kind,funny, friendly, honest, and basically helped keep the school running. Though I left the school a while back I can still see her there in the morning standing by the window puffing away at the very thing that helped take her from this world. Yes, smoking wasn't allowed in the building, but she didn't care. That is what made her the person she was, and that individuality and strength of spirit never left her. She will be missed.