You know we all need a good mentor especially at your age & especially someone with a good brain in their head.....maybe this teacher who you respected so much could end up being a mentor for you sort lf like it sounded like they where when they were your teacher.

Sounded like she was glad to see you & so she remembered you.

I had a 5th grade teacher that I really got attached to....he was awesome & my parents actually got to know him & we visited together. Sadly, only about 2 years later he died of a heart attack. I had a counselor in junior high that would always take the place of my dad at the father daughter activities because I was too embarrassed to have my dad anywhere around me......had him for 3 years.....but like with everything in my life...time changes & either I move on or they do & I've come to realize that's just life.....I even had to 'move on" after 33 years of a bad marriage & I didn't regreat a moment of my leaving....the wisest & smartest thing I ever did in my whole life.