A Year Later

             We launched our new blog Two Lambs Teaching with our first post on June 16, 2013 while we were attending the six annual National Convention for Whole Brain Teaching.  While we were in Louisiana our daughter Lynda who was a resident at the North Mississippi Regional Center in Oxford, Mississippi was taken to the hospital for treatment for a blood clot in her leg.  On July 30, 2013 Lynda was taken to the emergency room after suffering a seizure with vomiting.  She quickly developed aspiration pneumonia and was placed on a ventilator in the ICC.  Lynda passed away on August 3, 2013.  We  developed the Lynda Taylor Smith blog to share how God has used her forty-two years on this earth to change hearts and lives in the field of special education.

             Two Lambs Teaching sat untouched while I poured my heart and soul into Lynda’s blog.  A year later, it’s time now to develop our Two Lambs Teaching blog as yet another way to honor Lynda.  Lynda IS the reason I teach special education and her life has influenced every member of my immediate family in one way or the other.  As I teach a child with special needs, I think of her.  As I feel the little arms hugging my neck, I am thankful for the hugs she gave me and the love for teaching special children that she inspired.  This blog is every bit as much dedicated to Lynda as the one that bears her name.  As Russ and I embark on launching Two Lambs Teaching to share things we are doing in our classrooms (especially with children on the autism spectrum or those with dyslexia), we are thankful for the children who have been our teachers and our inspiration.