I'm not a mom...but I'm bursting at the seams for my friend and her son! Gisela (pronounced Gee-sella) wasn't in work yesterday. I was worried first thing because it was so foggy all over Pennsylvania in the morning and she has to drive from almost an hour away. I found out, later in the day, why she hadn't made it to work.

Her son, Tony Stewart (Cincinnatti Bengals tight end...not the race car driver), after being nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award, was eligble to write an essay for the Teacher of the Year award for 2004. He was just one of 32 NFL players to write an essay on his most influential teacher. They found out Wednesday morning that he had won the recognition for his 3rd grade teacher, and it so happened he was home (here in Pa., instead of his new home in Cincinnatti) visiting family and friends after the Bengals failed to make the playoffs. He decided to surprise his beloved teacher, at her school (of which she is still teaching) yesterday. Gisela attended the surprise ceremony...along with Tony's wife and new baby and his in-laws.

It was on all the local news channels (Tony had to have the event taped for the NFL celebration, and the principal of the school decided to call the local news media) and in all the local newspapers. The rewards for winning this essay contest are quite incredible and I just had to share our local celebrity elation!

Click the link (below) if you want to read "The Morning Call" article (the most local newspaper in my parts...out of Allentown, where Tony grew up). Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm so happy for my friend and her son!

Tony Stewart

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Cool story!

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Awwwwwwwww...Thanks Lil! I feel like Gisela let me share in her joy...and that was fun!

Did I ever mention...you got a damn fast puter? LOL! I gotta get some speed too...damnitallto hell!

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My TYPICAL Liyx!







I could feel your genuine happiness and gratification in your friends pride.

Giving some recognition and respect to our teachers is the most positive news I’ve read for quit a while. Thanks for sharing your glee with us. You DID pass on a nice feeling.

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It is always nice to read a positive story about teachers being remembered and appreciated. Thank you for sharing your friend's joy Lixy!

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A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

Awwwwwwwwww! TY for reading about my tiny part of the globe ((((PF))))! Smiles are contagious ya know!

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Ain't it the truth Chey? Teachers should get paid the salary that NFL football players make, eh? Gisela (and her husband Malcolm...we call him by his middle name, Wayne) have raised 3 fantastic children. Tony is the oldest, then they have another son and their daughter, the "baby" of the family. Their middle son has chosen a path of his own calling and has graced my friends with their first grandchild...a baby girl who was born several months before Tony's son. Their daughter is currently at Penn State and will graduate in May. She'll then go on to law school and futher her degree with a masters in sports law.

Gisela has much to proud of and surely had a good reason to call off work! LOL! Come to find out (today), she had left a message on my cell phone as to what she was up to...but my phone was off all day at work. DUH!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

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Every part of the globe is tiny.

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that was nice to read...made me smile...thanks for sharing lixy

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some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

YVW wyndhy! TY for reading!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

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