Hold Fast to Dreams

The Sixty-Year Career of an Indiana Teacher

AUDRA SNYDER BAILEY

Guild Press of Indiana
Indianapolis

1996

Contents

I. On Growing Up in the Small Town of Amboy
II. Honing Education ala Defining/Refining/Applying
III. Teaching, Living and Learning on a Hilltop in the State of Maine
IV. By Land and Waters to Vistas Galore
V. Coping With Realities
VI. Some Things Better, Some Things Worse!
VII. Serendipity or Pawn in a Political Game?
VIII. Life Goes On!
IX. Something Old, Something New
X. A New Road to Travel
XI. Wearing Another Hat
XII. Tick-Tock---That Reminds Me!

APPENDIX

Foreword

In the unfolding process of happily living a full and vital life, dreams can be realized, whatever the circumstances, whether it be in small town or state capital. The difference may be in having more opportunities to expand the horizons of others as well as those of oneself.

I grew up in a small town, where footsteps traveled constantly down bordered beaten paths, over the same few streets largely unnamed. It sometimes took a stretch of imagination for me to visualize that a larger world existed out there somewhere. Eventually I experienced an inner surge to break through barriers and boundary lines.

Then, as days expanded into years and more years grew in number, new doors were opened. My life process led to foreign shores and sharing with others. A wealth of treasured memories finally led to the desire to tell others, whatever their dream.

Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die,
Life is a broken winged bird
That cannot fly.

----Langston Hughes

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