Good-byes

One of my students is moving back to India. It is very sad. It is hard to say good bye and not know if you will ever see someone again. Especially someone that you have known well for 149 days minus a few absences! Today we all wrote her letters and drew special pictures of her. She cried and then we all shed some tears. Her dad wrote me, "she is weeping every day at home and doesn't want to go back to India". I hope that she is okay!

She wrote the class a letter. She said that she will still be our friend. A good point! Even though she is moving across the world, the friendship doesn't end. The memories are still there. We can still write. The world has become smaller due to Internet. It is so easy to instantly send messages across the world. It still amazes me!

I am blessed with 18 of these wonderful little darlings! They make me laugh and sometimes cry! And I can always learn something new from them! It seems like the school year will last forever but before you know it, it's time to say goodbye.

We recently had to say good bye to our Jack Russell Millie. We had her since she was just a puppy. She was 14 when she passed away. Those years went by so quickly. I am so thankful for the memories! She will still be my friend. I like to think of her sitting on my friend Jill's lap in heaven.