Saturday, February 27, 2021
Mary was the first touch of "outsiders" taking care of both Jessica and Grant. When John and I had to give up our kids for "daycare" as little infants...Mary was the woman who first cradled Jessica in her arms and made me feel that she was in the best of care. (Still, we cried all the way to work) Travis High School had daycare and we were lucky enough to get Mary as the caretaker (in addition to all the energetic teens at Travis High). As Jessica grew up, she would toddle into the bathroom with Mary...because other wise Jess would stand outside and cry until Mary came out. With Grant, we just tossed him in Mary's arms and took off to work. After they graduated from Day Care during the summer Mary would take care of them during the day and fell in love with her dog Cujo! (EKKK!) I just wish I had done a better job of keeping up with her after she worked at Austin High...She was full of light, laughter, joy and good will toward children, teens and of course, her "babies." Thank you Mary for calming the fears of a first time mom and making it easier to go off and teach "others" children, knowing that mine were taken care of.
