I watched for this and my mother just sent it to me. I have so many fond memories of Nina. I met her when I was about 7 and she was the "driver" for Marymount, picking up kids in the school station wagon. (I think everyone had to do time as driver back then) She scared me, but she must have liked me, because there was a book under our Christmas tree that year from her! I still have it; Alice in Wonderland. Later when I was in High School at Marymount 1964-68, she came back to teach PE. I was delighted to see her! Alas, the other girls were very mean to her and it was hard to see. She and I became close and she would really listen to me. She was very accepting of my lack of interest in sports, maybe because I loved her exercise program! She told me it was the Royal Canadian Air Force program, showed me the book, and I bought one. She was very proud of her son! I have so many special memories associated with her, and although my time with her was short, I still feel very honored to have known her! Thank you for a great tribute to her!
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Posted on March 28 at 9:13 p.m.
I watched for this and my mother just sent it to me. I have so many fond memories of Nina. I met her when I was about 7 and she was the "driver" for Marymount, picking up kids in the school station wagon. (I think everyone had to do time as driver back then) She scared me, but she must have liked me, because there was a book under our Christmas tree that year from her! I still have it; Alice in Wonderland.
Later when I was in High School at Marymount 1964-68, she came back to teach PE. I was delighted to see her! Alas, the other girls were very mean to her and it was hard to see. She and I became close and she would really listen to me. She was very accepting of my lack of interest in sports, maybe because I loved her exercise program! She told me it was the Royal Canadian Air Force program, showed me the book, and I bought one.
She was very proud of her son! I have so many special memories associated with her, and although my time with her was short, I still feel very honored to have known her!
Thank you for a great tribute to her!
On Nina Gaddis 1923-2008