Everyone Needs a Mrs. Bailey (eBook)

Foreward ................................................................. 3Preface..................................................................... 5Introduction............................................................ 9Prologue................................................................ 10Part I .................................................................... 11My Birth ............................................................... 12Married................................................................. 14Not Married.......................................................... 19Uncle John............................................................ 23Who am I? ............................................................ 27Third-grade Breakdown......................................... 29Ellenboro .............................................................. 31Fourth Grade ........................................................ 37Peeping Holes and Glass Doors............................. 38Fifth Grade............................................................ 41Hope out of Pain................................................... 43Bartender and Orange Juice .................................. 47Clothesline............................................................ 48Mrs. Frances Bailey ............................................... 51Ice Cream.............................................................. 56Eighth Grade......................................................... 58Weekends.............................................................. 61Back to Sroufe....................................................... 63Leaving ................................................................. 66(Not the) Final Chapter......................................... 74Thanksgiving Visit................................................. 77Back to Virginia Beach .......................................... 79Lessons in Love..................................................... 84Music.................................................................... 90High School Teachers............................................ 92Graduating into the Real World ............................ 96Some Things Change,and Some Things Stay the Same............................ 99Maureen Melia .................................................... 103U.S. Air Force..................................................... 105My Mother Finally Leaves John........................... 108Becoming a Father............................................... 110My Father’s Passing.............................................. 118Ralph Jr............................................................... 123Moving Forward with My Mother....................... 126John’s Death........................................................ 129Photos................................................................. 130Part II.................................................................. 149Teaching.............................................................. 150Radford University .............................................. 158Meadows of Dan Elementary .............................. 160Woolwine Elementary ......................................... 163Division Superintendent ..................................... 165Takeaways ........................................................... 174Retrospect ........................................................... 177