as a SIDE NOTE
When Chuck first came to TLS, I quickly
did the math and realized that he could
easily be my son, and for 364 days each
year, I managed to avoid “mothering”
my boss. On May 1st of each year,
however, I did allow myself to think of
him in a different way. Chuck lost his
mother when he was a boy, so I took
a few minutes to fill in for her with a
birthday wish expressing what I know
she would have been feeling ... her pride
in his successes, her joy in the family he
and Erin have created, and her love for
the man he has become.... We would
laugh about these birthday messages, but
what Chuck doesn’t know is that I would
always shed a few tears while writing
them. I’m going to miss him so much.
Marijo Foster (H’16)
Administrative Team,
Lower School Head, Retired
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