Chapter 8: London
CHAPTER 8: LONDON Togo remained peaceful after the election. The summer hiring fair ended with no offers. No where we wanted to go wanted an unmarried couple. We began to grow in our new identities as a couple of middle aged educational professionals with children from previous relationships and marriages. I won’t write much about my children in my memoir. I don’t think I will need this to remember the joy and love they have brought to my life. We decided to try London for six months. It was a compromise for proximity to children. Carolyn knew she could get work as a supply (substitute) teacher in London. I had a six month visa and started looking at ways to get an entrepreneurial visa. I played with ideas of being an educational consultant and leading educational tours to the UK. There is no moving on the life journey to wisdom without resolving career achievement. Running a school was enlightening and a career goal. There were moments of considerable pride in w...