by Amber Jesmer | Feb 7, 2018 | Stories
I am going to miss Alan so much…his big smile, his big heart, his presence at Columbus Elementary. During book check out he would always magically appear next to me behind the check out desk. And often times he would be the last student to leave the library with...
by Marybeth Lonnee | Feb 6, 2018 | Stories
Here I am, the mother of the bride. I was the last minute photographer my daughters wedding. My Dad had also made Ellie and Alans wedding cakes. I had not yet taken the cut the cake shots, and I spied the cutest little boy checking out the cake. What can I say? I...
by Chad Chelgren | Feb 2, 2018 | Stories
One of the other second graders boy likes to dance and shake his body at lunch so I called him shimmy jimmy. Well Alan caught wind of this and walked up to me about 2 months ago and said I can shimmy better then shimmy jimmy. And he started dancing and moving around...
by Chad Chelgren | Feb 2, 2018 | Stories
So they give out paws tickets for good behavior. Well I would give Alan one or two everyday for helping me with trash. One day I didn’t see Alan at the normal trash time. I looked around and there he was fixing all the lunch trays that the kids put in the dish window...
by Chad Chelgren | Feb 2, 2018 | Stories
The machine I clean the cafe floor with was sitting in the cafe and Alan loved turning that key and turning it on. There is a few buttons to push as well. I let him push those buttons and he was so proud as he was able to do it. So once after his lunch last year I let...
