The Chainmaker (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503270879)

Retirement from twenty-six years of teaching kindergarten may have removed Yvonne Baldwin from the early childhood classroom, but not from the memories she gathered along the way. These recollections still impact her life. Presently, Yvonne volunteers in the senior citizen community as an instructor for water aerobics and choreographed seated exercise. She uses the teaching skills she acquired as a veteran teacher and as a caretaker for her late mother who had Parkinson's. Past Kindergarten stories have a way of working their way into her present-day classes of senior citizens, some of whom are plagues with arthritis, have survived strokes or been afflicted with Parkinson's. These new "students" hold a special place in Yvonne's heart. Yvonne has come full circle from teaching young, immature children to helping mature senior citizens, but she loves her never-ending career.