Good Name

"Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
William Shakespeare, "Othello


That was what my mother lost, also, in her termination, after 25 years of teaching. I had to memorize that in high school and I know I thought about her, when I had to memorize it.

My English teacher was wonderful, but she was friends with one or two people involved with what happened to my mom--either directly or indirectly. She had a listening ear, as did several of my teachers, when my mother was ill. ( I had begged my mother to let me go back to the school district, as she had put me in a Christian school the year following her ordeal ) It was never directly discussed what happened to my mother.

Cindy