JAMIE SUE AUSTIN

All of you.  To Ms. Garnder in first grade. to Mrs. Stevenson in fifth, to Danny Miller in my college prep program, to Dr. Lesley and Prof. Nancy, (even to you Mark) — and everyone else, each and every one, I remember all your names.

If I cursed your day with my bad grammar, spoke too often or too long, agitated or infuriated you; forgive me.  Each of you played a staring starring role in my life.  You probably didn’t know it, but there weren’t many stars to guide me.  You each, like lighthouses, passed my soul through the dark passages, one to the next, cradled my dreams and kept me safe.

If I ever get my way, I”ll build a lighthouse of my own.

Thank you,

Jamie Sue Austin

CC to:

Ms. Beech
and Ms. Bogo
Ms. Wallace 
Mr. Freeman  
Ms. Shelton 
Ms. Burkle 
 and more