8/18: good bookends

It was a tough day emotionally at work.  But early in the morning, before work, I got a great text from my brother, and in the evening a friend (who didn't know I was having a difficulty day) wrote me a very welcome email.  In the evening I also re-read an email I received the day before from a former student, and one of the sentences in it in particular is like a perfect back-to-school gift.