Le righe
- Micah started reading for pleasure in February. That was you.
- Thank you for noticing the thing about Jonah in October, before we did.
- For the staff room. You all had a long year.
- I don't know how you do 28 of them at once. Have a real summer.
- He talks about your class at dinner, unprompted, which has never happened before.
- You were patient with her in a year when we weren't. Thank you.
- Thank you for the email in November. I reread it more than once.
- She was scared of math in September and she isn't now.
- No mug this year. You're welcome.
- Thank you for treating him like a person with opinions.
- From all of us at the 4th grade table. We know what this year cost you.
- Have a summer where nobody asks you anything.
If you only remember one thing
Short and specific beats long and general. “I still think about you driving me to the airport at five in the morning” does more work than three sentences of sympathy, because only you could have written it.