Breakfast 5 -- Haley Hunter aka Diablo Cazadore

       Left side of the Heagney theatre,  many years ago.... but let's digress, the EAC was my boy.  The EAC at Nerinx Hall was more of my hangout,  it is where a lot happened and I was comfortable.  The inside jokes with Claire Minnick,  my first faculty show all the way back in 1992,  Okali John on stage, and countless more faculty shows....also the time I told the story of Samuel and the well to 660 of my favorite people.  There are many places  I loved at Nerinx  E14 and E2,  but although I had been there many years the Heagney theatre was something new and not part of my tradition yet.  I was an OG at the EAC,  the Heagney was just too new.  Although the building of the EAC gave the men at Nerinx a real bathroom and that was cool.

      So I am in the Heagney Theatre waiting for the announcement of the Father Nerinckx Award (one of the few times at Nerinckx where we actually spelled Nerinckx correctly) and this happened. "The winner of the Father Nerinckx award is a tie".... immediately without screaming I spent several seconds of vigorous fist pumping because I know knew the result.  The winners were Emily Done and Haley Hunter.  (Emily let's have breakfast),  this story is about Haley.  I do not think I ever taught a kid who was closer to the complete package.  There have been many great ones,  but Haley in her quiet way was the real deal.... IS the real deal.  She is the humidifier in the room,  the machine that makes everybody more comfortable without you really knowing it.  I know that I am a better teacher and a better man when Haley Hunter is around.

      She possesses a quiet confidence,  but more importantly a quiet kindness that just makes you feel better about the world,  and what we can do together to make the world a better place.  Surprise, surprise Nerinx  did not even interview their own award winner for an open English job,  so Haley has just completed her second year at Pattonville.  Jessie Hauser was already at Pattonville and when I told her what was coming her way, she was very happy.  She told me that Haley was one of the best prepared interviews she has seen.  Haley had her stuff together,  of course.  Jessie also has to be on the breakfast list soon.  I am sure she is going to tell me Haley stories.  Haley exists  and I am sure TEACHES  kind of the way Laura Milles plays sports.  She is not going to be the leading scorer ever, but I would probably pick them first on any kind of team I was starting.  I am so happy that both of them impacted Biloxi.   Haley was the first group that met our friend Mrs. Fields in Biloxi,  and their friendship,  a real genuine KINSHIP, still exists today and miles do not impact how they think about each other, care for each other, and love each other.  Two people who could have never met, but they DID and both lives are forever impacted for the better.  I am glad that Haley is in my life and I cannot wait to see how she continues to love our world.  I cannot wait to meet all the people that Haley will love in her life, all the students she will teach in her life, and all the .......