October 18, 1980…
Dear Mrs. LaRue,
Do you know the Halloween parade? In this parade can I holed youer hand because Im scared of clowns?
From Ruth
Looking back is oh! so bittersweet. Not because of what was said, but because of what I can’t remember. Did I hold her hand? Did I even go to the parade? And who was Ruth? Did she move away? I honestly don’t remember ever having taught a student named Ruth. I am so sorry… I wonder if she is out there somewhere and if she remembers the parade or the clowns… or me.