Alumni Christmas Visits

Yesterday, I really felt like I have been at Timberlane for awhile when I had a student come back from college and visit me. She is someone that I counseled a lot with her issues of low self esteem, depression, suicide, dilemmas over sexual orientation, body image. You name it she went through it. It was a good feeling to know that there were kids out there that wanted to come back and visit me. It's ironic that a few weeks ago a girl came and visited me that I never in a million years would have seen coming back through the doors of Timberlane. She was a mess in high school and was removed and sent somewhere else because of her behavior. She came back and said she missed Timberlane and has to do some things over at a small community college but wants to go to a 4 year college as well. This was a shocker to me! Someone who hated school and was all about the boys. It's amazing what kids take from you or a school and come back with later that as a teacher I was not even aware of.