Some Thoughts

I am sending:

• Prayers for comfort, ease, peace and support to Miss B, whose father has health challenges and whose dog is ill;
• Prayers, well wishes, and good vibes to musical Miss M, who undergoes a stem-cell transplant and will be hospitalized for a month;
• "Bon Voyage" to my parents who embark on an almost-three-week journey including railway trip halfway across Canada (Vancouver through the Rockies and back);
• Congratulations and good luck to Gong, whose retirement is official today, and to Ma, who concluded more than three decades of "professoring" at the end of spring term;
• Good luck and best wishes to Miss K, who begins her first full day as a permanent classroom teacher tomorrow;
• Good times and wishes to the seniors we know in high school (Babysitter H and lawn guy R) and college (Beloved Babysitter M, if you can believe it!) and to the "freshman" entering high school (Babysitter M down the street);
• And peace to all the moms who will have empty houses for the first time in years.