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I have recently come to know A special lady who reminds me of myself. For sixty plus years ago in school It seems I did not fit in There was the I'm better than you group And then there was me. It was there and then I decided I'd not worry about the crowd I was going to what I thought best And chose to be myself. If they wanted to act superior I'd not stand in their way If pleasing boys was their goal I'd not their babies raise. I'd do my thing and be satisfied That I did it the best I could And if they didn't like it More power to me I said. In l956 and 7 I took a teaching job And one little girl so shy and timid Stood out from the rest. I tried to instill in them self worth As well as books of knowledge For you see I hoped one day They would go off to college Forty-eight years later the year 2005 I managed to contact her So glad she was alive. When she my letter did reply I got quite a shock These are the lines she did write Mrs. Beer do you remember How shy and timid I was Well, when you left school that year I never was shy again This concerned me for I wondered Was it good or bad Then a friend told me Of the wonderful life she had So maybe I did do al right And when we chanced to meet She was a sweet self confident lady So unlike that little girl I knew Why did I write this down The reason you see Michaela, I have tagged you You remind me of me. Cile Beer