Mrs. Sheila Velma Crichlow

I lost my Teacher my friend. She had moved away many years ago to live abroad so I was no longer in touch with her. This is regrettable because we became like family and she lived only a stone throw from me. I had to go pass her house on mornings and evening on my way to and fro. Often when time allowed I stopped and continued our relationship long after primary school.

My deepest sympathy to her husband reverend Winston Crichlow her children Mona, Olivia, Peter and Ruthann, her sisters who I know as Eula, Sis, Cirlene, her brother Frederick, her nieces Renee and Gennia and all her other family and friends. Also to my old school mates, the ones still standing out are Oliver Nicholls, Errol Worrell, Ralph Holder, Dwight Brathwaite, and Michael Cummings.

The following is a Tribute to Mrs. Sheila Velda Crichlow

 

Mrs. Sheila Velda Crichlow

 

Mixed memories of days gone by

Ruler on my palm or the back of my thigh

She was let down by failures and kept me on my toes

Such obedience was paramount and today it shows

Her imagination and intuition worked to mold me

Each classic she taught, forge my adult personality 

I’m  very thankful she never considered I was beyond reach

Learnt more because of her special skill to teach

And by charity she extended when I was in need

Valued morality as ones defining seed

Each day and night with her was a learning opportunity 

Letting me do until I perfected what she taught me

Drilling the rudiments to grasp a complex structure

And fundamental skills laid in place for my future

Careful appliance she would say, yields a more accurate result

Read a postulation over and the authorities consult

I saw strict faith that from her inner self would glow

Clearly saw or felt the Christian I came to know

Her insights in everything gave comfort to me

Love she gave us all profusely

Our Father in Heaven she’s been a teacher and real friend too

We, her wards are great ‘cause you gave us her, now her work is through

 

 

Same poem, new acrostic

 

Mrs. Sheila Velda Crichlow

 

Mixed meMories of days gone by

Ruler on my palm or the back of my thigh

She was leT down by failures and kept me on my toes

Such obedience was paramount and today it shows

Her imagination and intuition worked to mold me

Each classic she taught, forge my adult personality 

I’m  very thankful she never considered I was beyond reach

Learnt more because of her special skill to teach

And by charity she extended when I was in need

Valued morAlity as ones defining seed

Each day and night with her was a learning opportunity 

Letting me do until I perfected what she taught me

Drilling the Rudiments to grasp a complex structure

And fundamental skills laid in place for my future

Careful appliance she would say, yields a more accurate result

Read a postulation over and the authorities consult

I saw strict Faith that from her inner self would glow

Clearly saw or felt the Christian I came to know

Her insights in everything gave comfort to me

Love she gave us all profusely

Our Father in Heaven she’s been a teacher and real friend too

We, her wards are great ‘cause you gave us her, now her work is through

 

 


 

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