It said: “You asked what we leave behind. What did YOU leave behind, Ms. Olovely?”
Then she did something Olivia never expected. She pulled out her own pen and wrote on the back: “Then let’s find your real name again. Together.” olivia olovely teacher
That was the deepest lesson Olivia Olovely ever learned: that teachers are not lanterns burning alone on a hill. They are candles in a row, each one lit by the one before, each one lighting the next. It said: “You asked what we leave behind