I Wasn’t Looking for My First Love – but When a Student Chose Me for a Holiday Interview Project, I Learned He’d Been Searching for Me for 40 Years
At 62, after nearly four decades of teaching high school literature, my life runs on quiet routines and familiar rhythms. Every December, I give my students the same assignment—interview an older adult about a meaningful holiday memory—because their stories always remind me why I stayed. This year, a soft-spoken student named Emily asked to interview…
