Started my year off with a wonderful surprise - an email from Hieu, one of my students from Vietnam, with the picture below and a short but sweet message, "we all hope that you have a good work in the coming new year!" It's so humbling to know that they still think of me. I miss them every day. And, they look so grown up and beautiful in their ao dai's.



This is the picture I sent them in return. They loved looking at pictures of my friends, so I try to send some with every reply. With this one, I said "I rang in the new year with some of my closest, oldest friends. I couldn't be happier!" And it's true.