How I long for Yesterday...

There's a Beatles song in my play list I've listened to many times but never really could relate. Today, I finally get it and oh, how I long for yesterday. Throughout my life I’ve met people who have provided guidance and encouragement. Of those I’ve cross paths with there are five individuals who have molded me into the person I am today.

My Grandmother was one. She encouraged my love of music. In the 1930s, with no technology, families spent time together. Time at the dinner table in conversation or in their living rooms listening to music. My great-grandfather played the fiddle and instilled the love of music in his children. Yesterday… I can close my eyes and see a vivid memory of my grandmother in her rocker listening to me play the violin.

Yesterday… A gentleman and a scholar who mentored my little brother and I for 4 years left this earth after suffering a heart attack. He instilled a love of mathematics in both of us. I never understood numbers until he opened my eyes to the wonders of equations and their possibilities. His guidance steered me in the direction of my future career path of Sciences and Math.

The last moment he spent with both of was working through an equation with me and telling my little brother how proud he was of him. My little brother scored the highest score EVER at our local college on a College Algebra asset test. Yes, he’s only a freshman in high school and this loss will have a tremendous impact on him.

 This man has shoes that are going to be hard to fill. A teacher, a mentor, a gentle soul. He impacted the lives of so many students. His loss will be felt forever.

Sun is getting low in the sky and those leaving our town have no idea a gentle soul has departed the earth. For me, I can’t seem to find an in between. Just hate the way things must be. Life seems cruel, people are cruel, and the way people go is just cruel. Crying and time will heal the souls left behind longing for yesterday.