Roses are red....

One of the treasures of this time is a booklet a teacher friend had her third graders put together- a book of sympathy notes from children to whom I teach violin every Monday. Here is a sampling of those letters, which made me laugh and cry at the same time.

Vince is the class troublemaker and knows it. He has a heart of gold though and always wants to do right.

Sophie wants to be sure that we can tell the difference between three dead dogs and three dead cats.
Isabel wants to make it up to me. And I wonder if her poem -and several others- had to do with the proximity of this assignment to Valentine's Day

George had overheard some of his classmates talking about a grandma who DID swim in the Arctic, etc. and somehow he thought that was my mom and ME! If only!

Aaron knows the value of a keepsake. My amethyst and opal ring has new special meaning for me as a keepsake from the last week with Mom.