Thanks. Yes, I found her on our "White pages" and as I remembered both her first name and surname I could easily find her. But there´s always a risk she´ll still find it odd. I´m thinking of adding my postal address and also my e-mail address if I decide to send the card.
As I saw her just once a week or so during one or two semesters it makes me hesitant about her reaction. I don´t want her to feel that she needs to write back, perhaps she already stays in contact with other former students. As you say, being nice and sending an honest and kind postcard could bring some joy to her but you never know.
It was nice of that author to write to your son.
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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
I think it’s very nice of you. If she’s in the phone book, looking her up is welcomed. I’d also include my phone number and email on the card, should she prefer to get back to you that way. There’s no down side to simply sending a former teacher a kind note. Being 80, I’ll bet she will really be touched.
Once, my son had to write a letter to an author for school. He wrote to an obscure author whose books he read passed down from my husband, so they were no longer in print. My son got a personal, hand written letter from the elderly author who expressed his enormous joy at receiving the letter from a child.  |