I Remembered Her All Right

I rushed into my friend’s office once not realizing she had a guest. She said “This is Dr. Pat McClintock.” Dr. Pat McClintock said “You are a Stone Twin from Chariton Iowa.” This shocked me. I was forty-four at the time, living in Missouri. No one here knew about me being a twin. Well, maybe one or two, but not a stranger. I nodded, wondering who this woman was. “I was your second grade teacher, Miss Meyers.” Suddenly I remembered her well. She had drawn a horse for Becky Jones. When I said I wanted one she said she would make me one. But the next time we came to school, she was gone. Right after Christmas break. She never came back and I never got that drawing. I remembered her all right….