Best Wishes,Friends!
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in my room knowing I’d not lived up to her expectations to excitedly seeking her every grammatical approval, I’ve realized that I, like all those she has taken in and attended to with care, patience, and great expectations, may have achieved an exalted place in Margot’s world.
Margot Johnson, Administrative Assistant, Middle School, joined WFS in 1986
“...Like the bodhisattva who delays reaching nirvana out of
Head of Middle School Jon Huxtable shared these words
comed into her life those in greatest need of her compas-
about Margot.
sion. I know for a fact that she likely delayed by a year or
compassion to save suffering beings, Margot has wel-
two her retirement to make sure that her dog named ’Jon’ “...Margot, in only the way that Margot can, made me feel
was ok. Yet I also know that other two-legged mortals, each
like one of her pups... and for that I am forever blessed. So,
of us touched by Margot’s heart and care, have achieved
I am going to keep this short and sweet, I am only going to
this transcendent state as well. For her work has not been
talk about dogs. Margot’s absolutely favorite topic in the
that of a servant, but of a master.
world. “...To be included among Margot’s beloved pack of four“To be one of Margot’s dogs is to live the life of the most
legged children - Bonnie, Gracie, Lexie, Sugar, Daisy, Ginger
pampered, cared-for, no-expense-spared beings in the
- is to have become among the richest and most fortunate
world. While she pampers her pups, she trains the rest of
beings on the planet. Now I realize I no longer have to wish
us. The dogs get the love and I get the ’sit,’ ’fetch,’ ’stay,’
to return in another life as one of Margot’s dogs, I very
’Are you sure you want to use this version of your letter
blessedly already have been. We all have been.”
to middle school parents?’ The dogs get the special diets, regular and emergency trips to the vet’s. Dan gets the ’honey do’ lists, and I get the ’Now I just looked this up to be sure, and you really don’t want to use a comma in these twelve instances in this four-sentence paragraph…’ Yes, Margot. Thank you. “But what, you say, does this have to do with dogs? With Margot? Everything, of course. From the days of cowering
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Helen Thompson, Middle School Dean for Student Life and Science Teacher, joined WFS in 1990 Dean for Seventh Grade and Department of History/Social Science Head John Hanson shared these words about Helen. “It was an Easter Sunday morning and our family was getting ready for church. I had just finished helping our threeyear-old son Jack get dressed - khaki pants, button down,
