friend; particularly revisiting a conversation or experience you had with someone if you were less than satisfied with the outcome. Kind of an obvious idea
but one I had not thoughtfully considered before. This weekend (as I manned the farmer’s market stall on my own) I was afforded the opportunity to revisit an
experience I had with a teacher in high school.
One of my favorite teachers at Del Oro High School was Mrs. Millholen, a funny and vibrant art teacher. I liked her so much I signed up to be a teacher’s
assistant (TA) for her once I reached my junior year. That year I also had a fun group of friends and quickly found I was more interested in spending time
with them than being a good TA. I pretty much failed in my duties to Mrs. Millholen, was graded accordingly and have carried around a fair amount of guilt
surrounding this whole experience.
Well, on Saturday, Mrs. Millholen walked by my market stall and I recognized her right away. We caught up a little (she thought it was pretty funny that I
am interested in going from a CPA to a farmer). I was debating with myself whether to mention my past failings but then took a chance and apologized to her
for being such a bad TA. She thought this was pretty funny too, as she didn’t have any recollection of it, and here I was dragging around this load of guilt
all these years. She hugged me and granted me her forgivness.
None of this was really for her, it was my therapy. With the new knowledge that revisiting is an option, I was able unpack my baggage and heal an old
pain. What an unexpected gift to find at the farmer’s market!
And speaking of revisiting – when there are sheep out on grazing contracts, you have to revisit them every day, to make sure they are in good health, have
enough to eat and have plenty of water in the summer time. So again on my own (I think Dan was testing my confidence and skills!), I made the rounds in the
county, fed guard dogs and revisited the sheep to conclude a very satisfying day.
